Tofino Air is a small Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 airline offering service out of Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia , Canada. Gabriola lies about east of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, to which it is linked by ferry...

, Sechelt, and Tofino. It provides some scheduled flights, as well as chartered and scenic flights around Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

 and the Lower Mainland Coast.

History

In the early 90's, the current owner of Tofino Air, and a lifelong resident of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast, started a small regional airline called Midcoast Air to better assure safety and dependability for himself and his co-workers as they traveled from the logging and fishing camps on BC's west coast, to their homes on the Sunshine Coast. In 1998, Midcoast Air re-located to Sechelt.

Services

Tofino Air operates scheduled flights from the South Terminal at YVR Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver. In 2010 it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements and passengers , behind Toronto Pearson International Airport, with non-stop flights daily to...

, Sechelt, Nanaimo, Silva Bay on Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island

Gabriola Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia , Canada. Gabriola lies about east of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, to which it is linked by ferry...

, Tofino, and the Pat Bay Floatplane terminal at Victoria International Airport

Victoria International Airport

Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of the city, in North Saanich, quite close to the town of Sidney on the Saanich Peninsula...

.

Tofino Air also provides chartered and scenic flights around Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...

 and the Lower Mainland Coast.

Scheduled destinations as of Spring 2010:

Location	Airport/Terminal	Destination(s)
Bamfield		Vancouver
Nanaimo		Sechelt
Sechelt	5987 Sechelt Inlet Road	Nanaimo, Vancouver
Silva Bay (Gabriola Island Gabriola Island Gabriola Island is one of the Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia, in British Columbia , Canada. Gabriola lies about east of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, to which it is linked by ferry... )	Silva Bay Resort and Marina 3383 South Road	Vancouver
Tofino	50 First Street	Vancouver
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Vancouver International Airport Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about from Downtown Vancouver. In 2010 it was the second busiest airport in Canada by aircraft movements and passengers , behind Toronto Pearson International Airport, with non-stop flights daily to... South floatplane terminal (Vancouver International Water Airport)	Bamfield, Tofino, Sechelt, Silva Bay

Fleet

Tofino Air operates:

• Four de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
  The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application , and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft...
  
   aircraft.
• Two Cessna 180 Skywagon
  Cessna 180
  The Cessna 180 is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which was produced between 1953 and 1981. Though the design is no longer in production, many of these aircraft are still in use as personal aircraft and in utility roles such as bush...
  
  aircraft.

External links

• Tofino Air, official site