Private company

Keewatin Air

Canadian airline

Keewatin Air (IATA: FK) is an airline that operates from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The airline was started by Frank Robert May (who had been a pilot for Lamb Air) and his wife Judy Saxby in 1971, in the Keewatin Region, then part of the Northwest Territories. It was formed as "Keewatin Air Limited" to provide charter services to the region.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded¹

HeadquartersWinnipeg¹
Websitewww.kivalliqair.com

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Corporate structure

Keewatin Air sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Keewatin Air Winnipeg
- Kivalliq Air Subsidiary

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Destinations

Keewatin Air does not have specific destinations, but works primarily as a charter airline. They also provide aeromedical services.

Fleet

As of 4 October 2026 the following 27 aircraft were registered with Transport Canada and at least 10 listed with Keewatin Air.

From Wikipedia’s article on Keewatin Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.³

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Kivalliq Air

From Wikidata.¹

Controversies and legal

Accidents and incidents

On December 22, 2012, a Fairchild Metro 3/23 twin-engine turboprop aircraft belonging to Perimeter Aviation but chartered by Kivalliq Air crashed near the end of the runway at Sanikiluaq Airport in northern Canada, killing a six-month-old baby and injuring the eight other people on board. The cause was not immediately known.