Perimeter Aviation
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 32 aircraft on scheduled, charter, and medevac service. It was established and started operations in 1960. It operates scheduled passenger services from Winnipeg to 23 destinations, freight and MEDEVAC services. Its main base is Winnipeg International Airport.
Perimeter is the largest carrier in Manitoba, in terms of number of aircraft and number of flights.
Destinations
As of January 2017, Perimeter provides scheduled passenger service to the following destinations:- Manitoba
- *Brochet
- *Cross Lake
- *Gods Lake Narrows
- *Island Lake/Garden Hill First Nation
- *Lac Brochet
- *Manto Sipi Cree Nation
- *Norway House
- *Oxford House
- *Red Sucker Lake
- *St. Theresa Point First Nation/Wasagamack
- *Shamattawa First Nation
- *South Indian Lake
- *Tadoule Lake
- *Thompson hub
- *Winnipeg hub
- *York Factory First Nation
- Ontario
- *Deer Lake First Nation
- *North Caribou Lake First Nation or Weagamow First Nation
- *North Spirit Lake First Nation
- *Pikangikum First Nation
- *Sachigo Lake First Nation
- *Sandy Lake First Nation
- *Sioux Lookout hub
Fleet
| Aircraft | No. of aircraft | Variants | Notes |
| De Havilland Canada Dash 8 | 8 | 102, 106, 314 | 37 to 50 passengers, up to cargo |
| Fairchild Metro III | 23 | SA227-AC, SA227-DC | 19 passengers, up to cargo |
| Swearingen Metro II | 14 | SA226-TC | 9 passengers, up to 2800 lb cargo |
| Swearingen Merlin | 1 | SA226-T | 6 passengers, up to cargo |
In addition Transport Canada lists a Beechcraft Travel Air but with a cancelled certificate.
Perimeter operates more than 30 aircraft on scheduled, charter, and MEDEVAC service with all aircraft having two engines for safety reasons. These include 10 Metros variants, and 5 Dash-8's. The Metros can be quickly configured from straight freighter configuration to 19-seat commuter interior. The Dash-8s can be configured to 37 seats, 29 seats, 21 seats, for the 100 series or 45 and 50 seat configuration for the 300 series. Straight freighter configuration can accommodate up to of cargo.
Accidents and incidents
Perimeter Airlines has had five reported accidents.- 1 November 1996, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II aircraft was on a scheduled flight to Gods River from Gods Lake Narrows. With about to the threshold of runway 27 the right hand main gear touched the ground and collapsed. After travelling about they hit a ridge of snow. The left gear touched down about ahead of the threshold and the aircraft went off the right side of the runway. The aircraft had two pilots and five passengers on board and there were no fatalities or injuries but the aircraft was a write off.
- 11 or 12 October 2001, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II Perimeter Flight 962 arrived at Shamattawa on a MEDIVAC flight to pick up a patient. It was night and the aircraft was coming into runway 01 too fast and too high so the crew performed a missed approach. Flying to the left of the runway centreline the aircraft 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.
- 8 November 2006, a Swearingen SA.226TC Metro II was touching down at Norway House. The crew selected propeller reverse and the aircraft turned to the left with the main tire making contact with some loose snow. The aircraft next 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 Kivalliq Air crashed at Sanikiluaq Airport in Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, killing an infant boy and injuring all the others. The aircraft was on a second approach at the time.