Northwest Regional Airport Ganiks Laxha

From Dominion of British Columbia
Northwest Regional Airport Ganiks Laxha
IATA code XXT
ICAO code BCGL
MTC Location ID -
Address 4401 Bristol Road
Ganiks Laxha GL1S 0EK
Hub for Hawkair (main)

Northwest Regional Airport Ganiks Laxha is an airport in Ganiks Laxha, British Columbia.

Description

The airport is served by Airport Station on the Skeena Pacific Railway's Ganiks Laxha–Kemano Beach line.

A retired De Havilland BC Skookum Trident (c/n 1872/1983), in Northwest Regional Airport markings, is located on the airport and is in use for firefighter training.

History

Opened in 1919 as RBCAF Terrace, commercial air service in Terrace began in 1930 when Queen Charlotte Airlines, a forerunner of Pacific Western Airlines, inaugurated a service between Queen Charlotte City on Haida Gwaii and Prince George via Terrace, Smithers, and Vanderhoof. With the opening of RBCAF Kemano in 1963, the Air Force relocated to the new base, and the airfield was transferred to Terrace city council, which began operating it as Terrace Regional Airport. When the city of Terrace was renamed Ganiks Laxha in 1988, the airport was also renamed Ganiks Laxha Regional Airport, and though at that time the ICAO code for the airport was changed to BCGL, the IATA code has remained the original XXT. In 1994, the city entered into a public-private partnership with a Canadian airport management firm, and after a renovation of the terminal facilities was completed in 1999, the airport was rebranded Northwest Regional Airport Ganiks Laxha.

Accidents and incidents

  • 14 January 1977 Northern Air DHBC-6 Twin Otter VB-NTB (c/n C972/1968), operating as Flight NO603 from Prince George to Terrace, crashed into a hill on approach to Runway 32 during a snowstorm. All nine passengers and three crew aboard were killed.

Airlines and destinations

Ganiks Laxha is the headquarters and main hub for Hawkair.

Passenger

Airline Service area Destination Aircraft
Air BC Domestic Meziadin ATR 42
Prince George Superjet 100
Vancouver B737-900, Superjet 100
Victoria RJ85, RJ100
Continental Edmonton ATR 72
Las Vegas seasonal B737-900
CP Air Domestic Fort St John A220-300, B737-700
Vancouver A220-300, B737-700, B737-800
Central Mountain Air Domestic Kelowna Short 360
Hawkair Domestic Atlin (continuing to Whitehorse) B717-200HGW, Fokker 50
Blaenau B717-200HGW, B737-300
Bob Quinn Lake Do-228NG
Cassiar Saab 340
Dease Lake Saab 340
Fort Nelson Saab 340
Fort St John Fokker 50
Gitlaxt’aamiks Do-228NG, Saab 340
Hudson's Hope Do-228NG
Iturup B717-200HGW
Mackenzie Fokker 50, Saab 340
Masset Do-228NG
Meziadin Do-228NG, Saab 340
108 Mile Ranch Saab 340
Prince George Fokker 50
Quesnel Saab 340
Summit Lake Fokker 50, Saab 340
Tumbler Ridge Saab 340
Valemount B737-200QC
Vancouver B737-300
Williams Lake Saab 340
Continental Anchorage Fokker 50
Fort McMurray (via Grande Prairie) Fokker 50
Grande Prairie (continuing to Fort McMurray) Fokker 50
Juneau Fokker 50, Saab 340
Portland, OR B717-200HGW, B737-300
Seattle B717-200HGW, B737-300
Sitka (via Wrangell) Do-228NG
Wrangell (continuing to Sitka) Do-228NG
Whitehorse (via Atlin) B717-200HGW, Fokker 50
Inter-Dominion Air Lines Domestic Blaenau Superjet 100
Victoria Superjet 100
Lynx Air Continental Calgary B737 MAX 8
Northern Thunderbird Air Domestic Fort St John DHC-8-315, Q300
WestJet Continental Calgary Q400
Wien Air Alaska Continental Anchorage B737-700