Northwestern Air (J3)
An at-a-glance profile of Northwestern Air, the active carrier registered in Canada under IATA code J3. Includes its callsign, ICAO identifier, and a sample of routes filed under this code.
Carrier facts
- Legal/common name: Northwestern Air
- Country of registration: Canada
- ATC callsign: POLARIS
- ICAO code: PLR
Northwestern Air 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 J3. Each row links to both endpoints' airport pages and to a dedicated route page.
| From | To | Route | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YHY | Hay River, Canada | YEG→YHY |
| YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YEG→YMM |
| YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YEG→YSM |
| YHY | Hay River, Canada | YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YHY→YEG |
| YHY | Hay River, Canada | YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YHY→YSM |
| YLW | Kelowna, Canada | YQF | Red Deer Industrial, Canada | YLW→YQF |
| YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YMM→YEG |
| YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YPY | Fort Chipewyan, Canada | YMM→YPY |
| YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YQF | Red Deer Industrial, Canada | YMM→YQF |
| YPY | Fort Chipewyan, Canada | YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YPY→YMM |
| YPY | Fort Chipewyan, Canada | YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YPY→YSM |
| YQF | Red Deer Industrial, Canada | YLW | Kelowna, Canada | YQF→YLW |
| YQF | Red Deer Industrial, Canada | YMM | Fort Mcmurray, Canada | YQF→YMM |
| YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YEG | Edmonton, Canada | YSM→YEG |
| YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YHY | Hay River, Canada | YSM→YHY |
| YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YPY | Fort Chipewyan, Canada | YSM→YPY |
| YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YZF | Yellowknife, Canada | YSM→YZF |
| YZF | Yellowknife, Canada | YSM | Fort Smith, Canada | YZF→YSM |
Top destinations in the sample
| IATA | Airport | City | Country | Sample frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSM | Fort Smith Airport | Fort Smith | Canada | 4 |
| YMM | Fort McMurray Airport | Fort Mcmurray | Canada | 3 |
| YEG | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton | Canada | 3 |
| YHY | Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport | Hay River | Canada | 2 |
| YQF | Red Deer Regional Airport | Red Deer Industrial | Canada | 2 |
| YPY | Fort Chipewyan Airport | Fort Chipewyan | Canada | 2 |
| YLW | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna | Canada | 1 |
| YZF | Yellowknife Airport | Yellowknife | 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.