# List of airlines of British Columbia

This is a list of airlines of British Columbia which have an air operator's certificate issued by Transport Canada, the country's civil aviation authority. These are airlines that are based in British Columbia.

## Current airlines

| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
| Cascadia Air | | CBF | BIGFOOT | Campbell River | Scheduled Service, Air Taxi and charter |
| Central Mountain Air | 9M | GLR | GLACIER | Smithers | Regional, charters |
| CHC Helicopter | | HMB | HUMMINGBIRD | Vancouver International Airport, Richmond | Helicopter charters, flight training |
| Cloud Air | | | | Lake Muskoka/Mortimer's Point | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters, flight training |
| Corilair | | | | Campbell River | Charters and scheduled floatplane |
| Flair Airlines | F8 | FLE | FLAIR | Kelowna | Ultra-low-cost-carrier |
| Harbour Air Seaplanes | H3 | HES | HARBOUR EXPRESS | Vancouver Harbour | Scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Helijet | JB | JBA | HELIJET | Vancouver | Scheduled passenger service, charters |
| KF Cargo | KW | KFA | FLIGHTCRAFT | Kelowna | Scheduled passenger service, cargo Charter airline. Along with Canadian Helicopters, Atlantis Systems International and Canadian Base Operators operates KF Defence Programs. |
| Northern Thunderbird Air | | NTA | THUNDERBIRD | Prince George | Scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Ocean Air Floatplanes | | | | Victoria Water | Floatplane charters. Purchased Pat Bay Air in March 2015 and was fully integrated. |
| Pacific Coastal Airlines | 8P | PCO | PASCO | Vancouver | Scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Salt Spring Air | | 101 | SALTSPRING | Ganges | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Seair Seaplanes | | SS1 | SEAIR | Vancouver Water | Floatplane, scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Tofino Air | | 25 | TOFINO AIR | Tofino Harbour | Scheduled passenger service, charters |
| Vancouver Island Air | | | | Campbell River | Seaplane, scheduled passenger service, charters |
| VIH Helicopters | | | | Saanich, British Columbia | Charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance), aerial firefighting Example colours only; aircraft now different type. |
| West Coast Air | 8O | YWZ | COAST AIR | Vancouver Harbour | Floatplanes, scheduled passenger service, charters |

## Defunct airlines

| Airline | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Notes |
| Air BC | | | | Vancouver | 1980 - 2002 To Air Canada Jazz |
| Air Southwest | | | | Chilliwack | 1983 - 2005 |
| Airspeed Aviation | | | | Abbotsford | 1986 - 2009 Sold to Orca Airways |
| Baxter Aviation | 6B | | | Nanaimo Harbour | 1985 - 2007 Sold to West Coast Air |
| BCWest Air | | | | Abbotsford | 2007 - 2008 Ended in October 2008 due to unresolved shareholder dispute |
| Canadian Pacific Air Lines | CP | CPC | EMPRESS | Vancouver | 1942 - 1987 Also known as CP Air, to Canadian Airlines International, the callsign is still used by Canadian North |
| Harmony Airways | HQ | HMY | HARMONY | Vancouver | 2002 - 2007 |
| Hawkair | BH | BHA | HAWKAIR | Terrace and Kitimat | 1994 - 2016 On November 18, 2016, Hawkair declared bankruptcy, had all assets seized for liquidation, and permanently suspended operations. |
| Island Express Air | 1X | IAX | ABBY AIR | Abbotsford | 2009-2020 Demise due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| KD Air | XC | KDC | KAY DEE | Vancouver | Ceased operations in 2019 |
| Kootenay Direct Airlines | | | | Nelson | Ceased operating in 2009 |
| Orca Airways | OR | ORK | ORCA | Vancouver | Suspended by Transport Canada in 2018 |
| Pacific Western Airlines | PA | PWA | | Vancouver | 1946 - 1987 To Canadian Airlines |
| Powell Air | | PWL | POWELL AIR | Powell River | 1975 - 1987 Merged with Air BC to form Pacific Coastal Airlines |
| Queen Charlotte Airlines | | | | Vancouver Water | 1946 - 1955 Sold to Pacific Western Airlines |
| Sonicblue Airways | VL | | | Vancouver | 1982 - 2006 |
| Trans-Provincial Airlines | | | | Prince Rupert | ? - 1993 Sold to Harbour Air |
| Western Express Airlines | | | | Vancouver | 1994 - 2006 |