Pacific Coastal Airline (8P)
An at-a-glance profile of Pacific Coastal Airline, the active carrier registered in Canada under IATA code 8P. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.
Carrier facts
- Legal/common name: Pacific Coastal Airline
- Country of registration: Canada
- ATC callsign: PASCO
- ICAO code: PCO
Pacific Coastal Airline is one of 983 active airlines indexed in this directory. The route sample below comes straight from the OpenFlights routes table. Treat it as a snapshot rather than a complete schedule. It still gives a clear picture of where the carrier flies and which airports it concentrates on.
Route sample
Up to 60 routes filed under 8P. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.
| From | To | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QBC | Bella Coola, Canada | YAA | Anahim Lake, Canada | QBC→YAA |
| QBC | Bella Coola, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | QBC→YVR |
| YAA | Anahim Lake, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YAA→YVR |
| YBL | Campbell River, Canada | YQQ | Comox, Canada | YBL→YQQ |
| YBL | Campbell River, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YBL→YVR |
| YLW | Kelowna, Canada | YXC | Cranbrook, Canada | YLW→YXC |
| YPW | Powell River, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YPW→YVR |
| YQQ | Comox, Canada | YBL | Campbell River, Canada | YQQ→YBL |
| YQQ | Comox, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YQQ→YVR |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | QBC | Bella Coola, Canada | YVR→QBC |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YBL | Campbell River, Canada | YVR→YBL |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YPW | Powell River, Canada | YVR→YPW |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YQQ | Comox, Canada | YVR→YQQ |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YWL | Williams Lake, Canada | YVR→YWL |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YXC | Cranbrook, Canada | YVR→YXC |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YYJ | Victoria, Canada | YVR→YYJ |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YZT | Port Hardy, Canada | YVR→YZT |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YZZ | Trail, Canada | YVR→YZZ |
| YVR | Vancouver, Canada | ZMT | Masset, Canada | YVR→ZMT |
| YWL | Williams Lake, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YWL→YVR |
| YXC | Cranbrook, Canada | YLW | Kelowna, Canada | YXC→YLW |
| YXC | Cranbrook, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YXC→YVR |
| YYJ | Victoria, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YYJ→YVR |
| YZT | Port Hardy, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YZT→YVR |
| YZZ | Trail, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | YZZ→YVR |
| ZMT | Masset, Canada | YVR | Vancouver, Canada | ZMT→YVR |
Top destinations in the sample
| IATA | Airport | City | Country | Sample frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YVR | Vancouver International Airport | Vancouver | Canada | 11 |
| YQQ | Comox Airport | Comox | Canada | 2 |
| YXC | Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport | Cranbrook | Canada | 2 |
| YBL | Campbell River Airport | Campbell River | Canada | 2 |
| YAA | Anahim Lake Airport | Anahim Lake | Canada | 1 |
| QBC | Bella Coola Airport | Bella Coola | Canada | 1 |
| YPW | Powell River Airport | Powell River | Canada | 1 |
| YWL | Williams Lake Airport | Williams Lake | Canada | 1 |
| YYJ | Victoria International Airport | Victoria | Canada | 1 |
| YZT | Port Hardy Airport | Port Hardy | Canada | 1 |
| YZZ | Trail Airport | Trail | Canada | 1 |
| ZMT | Masset Airport | Masset | Canada | 1 |
| YLW | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna | Canada | 1 |
Reading an airline page
An airline's IATA code is the two-character identifier you see on tickets and flight numbers. The ICAO code is the three-letter identifier used in air traffic control and on flight plans. The callsign is the spoken name controllers use on the radio. Together they uniquely fingerprint the carrier across regulatory and operational systems, which is handy when you have a flight number from one source and want to confirm the operator from another.
Route samples here come from a community-maintained snapshot. They aren't a substitute for the airline's official schedule, but they reflect which markets the carrier has historically flown. They're also a fast way to spot a carrier's hubs, since hub airports turn up at the top of both the destination and origin lists.