Cassiar International Airport

From Dominion of British Columbia
Cassiar International Airport
IATA code XCA
ICAO code BCCA
MTC Location ID -
Address 1 Airport Road
Cassiar CS1E 5JD
Hub for Northern Thunderbird Air

Cassiar International Airport is an airport in Cassiar, British Columbia.

Accidents and incidents

  • 19 January 1982 Northern Thunderbird Air DHBC-5 Swan VB-TBO (c/n C778/1965), operating as Flight NT79 from Cassiar to New Aiyansh, overran the runway on take-off after the pilot attempted to abort after V1 had been passed. The aircraft broke up and caught fire; of the 33 passengers and 4 crew aboard, twelve escaped.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

Airline Service area Destination Aircraft
Air BC Domestic Vancouver ATR 42, ATR 72
Victoria ATR 42, ATR 72
Hawkair Domestic Ganiks Laxha Saab 340
Mackenzie Saab 340
Northern Thunderbird Air Domestic Atlin Swan
Blaenau DHC-8-315, Q300
Dease Lake Q200
Fort Nelson DHC-8-315, Q300
Fort St James DHC-8-315, Q300
Gitlaxt’aamiks DHC-8-315, Q300
Mackenzie DHC-8-315, Q300
Prince Rupert Q400, Q400NG
Valemount DHC-8-315, Q300
Continental Edmonton DHC-8-315, Q300
Whitehorse DHC-8-315, Q300
Yellowknife Q200
Pacific Western Airlines Domestic Dawson Creek CRJ200, Q300