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Perimeter Aviation

Logo: Perimeter Aviation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Regional Canadian airline, based in Winnipeg

Perimeter Aviation is an airline with its head office on the property of Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Perimeter Aviation operates more than 30 aircraft on scheduled, charter, and medevac service. It was established and started operations in 1960.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1960Founded¹

Founded inWinnipeg¹
Websiteperimeter.ca

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Corporate structure

Perimeter Aviation 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.

Perimeter Aviation
- Bearskin Airlines Subsidiary · Sioux Lookout

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

As of 8 June 2026, Perimeter provides scheduled passenger service to the following destinations:

Manitoba

Brochet (Brochet Airport)

Cross Lake (Cross Lake (Charlie Sinclair Memorial) Airport)

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Gods Lake Narrows (Gods Lake Narrows Airport)

Island Lake/Garden Hill First Nation (Island Lake Airport)

Lac Brochet (Lac Brochet Airport)

Manto Sipi Cree Nation (Gods River) (Gods River Airport)

Norway House (Norway House Airport)

Oxford House (Oxford House Airport)

Red Sucker Lake (Red Sucker Lake Airport)

St. Theresa Point First Nation / Wasagamack (St. Theresa Point Airport)

Shamattawa First Nation (Shamattawa Airport)

South Indian Lake (South Indian Lake Airport)

Tadoule Lake (Tadoule Lake Airport)

Thompson (Thompson Airport) hub

Winnipeg (Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport) hub

York Factory First Nation (York Landing Airport)

Ontario

Deer Lake First Nation (Deer Lake Airport)

North Bay (North Bay/Jack Garland Airport)

North Caribou Lake First Nation or Weagamow First Nation (Round Lake (Weagamow Lake) Airport)

North Spirit Lake First Nation (North Spirit Lake Airport)

Pikangikum First Nation (Pikangikum Airport)

Red Lake (Red Lake Airport)

Sachigo Lake First Nation (Sachigo Lake Airport)

Sandy Lake First Nation (Sandy Lake Airport)

Sault Ste. Marie (Sault Ste. Marie Airport)

Sioux Lookout (Sioux Lookout Airport) hub

Sudbury (Sudbury Airport)

Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay Airport)

Fleet

Perimeter operates more than 30 aircraft on scheduled, charter, and MEDEVAC service. The fleet includes 27 Swearingen Metroliner variants, and 17 Bombardier Dash-8s. The Metros can be quickly configured from straight freighter configuration to a 19-seat commuter interior. The Dash-8s can be configured to 37 seats, 29 seats, 21 seats, for the 100 series or up to 45 seats for the 300 series. Straight freighter configuration can accommodate up to 9,280 lb (4,210 kg) cargo

As of 8 June 2026, there were 41 aircraft registered to Perimeter Aviation with Transport Canada:

From Wikipedia’s article on Perimeter Aviation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Bearskin Airlines

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Controversies and legal

Accidents and incidents

Perimeter Airlines has had five reported accidents.

On 1 November 1996, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II aircraft was on a scheduled flight to Gods River (ZGI) from Gods Lake Narrows (YGO). With about 345 ft (105 m) to the threshold of runway 27, the right hand main gear touched the ground and collapsed. After travelling about 20 ft (6.1 m), the aircraft hit a ridge of snow. The left gear touched down about 326 ft (99 m) ahead of the threshold and the aircraft went off the right side of the runway. Though the two pilots and five passengers were uninjured, the aircraft was written off.

In October 2001, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II operating as Perimeter Flight 962 arrived at Shamattawa on a MEDIVAC flight to pick up a patient. The aircraft executed a missed approach and was flying to the left of the runway centerline when it hit some trees and came to rest in some muskeg. There were three people on board; both pilots were killed and the third person required hospitalization.

On 8 November 2006, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II was touching down at Norway House. The crew selected propeller reverse and the aircraft veered left with the main tire making contact with some loose snow. The aircraft went over a ditch and climbed an embankment where the landing gear collapsed. The seven passengers and two crew evacuated the plane safely but it was a write-off.

On 23 December 2012, a Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III passenger plane with nine people aboard, operated by Perimeter on behalf of Keewatin Air, crashed at Sanikiluaq Airport (YSK) in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, killing an infant boy and injuring the other eight people on board. The aircraft was on a second approach at the time.