Port Hardy, British Columbia
Rivian Air Lines flies passengers and freight out of Port Hardy, into the gravel bars and short strips of Vancouver Island's north coast — prop-driven, weight-and-balance-checked, one manifest at a time.
The idea
Nothing in the hangar that Port Hardy's strips, floats, and gravel bars can't handle. The Beaver goes where there's no strip at all, the Beech 18 scouts the tight fields, the DC-3 carries the scheduled roster, the C-46 takes the loads the Beech can't, and the DC-6 flies the long coastal hauls where payload beats speed.
Long-haul, heavy cargo. Four radials for the runs where payload matters more than speed.
Mainline
Regional pax and mixed load. Short-field capable, forgiving, and the backbone of the roster.
Regional
Light cargo and small-party charters into the strips too tight for anything bigger.
Feeder
Bigger belly than the DC-3, rougher-strip capable than the DC-6 — the second-load heavy hauler.
Freighter
The bush specialist. Wherever there's no strip at all — floats, skis, or a gravel bar — the Beaver still gets in.
BushTracked live
Company operations, fleet condition and job history are tracked through GA Realistic — the public record of every flight Rivian Air Lines flies.