For all your cargo needs
Cargo & Freight
For all your cargo needs — Buffalo Air is the solution.
Partnered with our in-house courier Buffalo Air Express, we can take care of your cargo needs big or small. Buffalo Air Express offers overnight deliveries from Calgary (YYC), Red Deer (YQF), Edmonton (YEG), Hinton and Jasper to Yellowknife, as well as 2-day service to the Mackenzie Valley.
Buffalo Airways has successfully shipped cargo of all sizes and weights throughout our 50 years of service. Please contact us for any of your cargo needs.
What Our Aircraft Can Haul
| Aircraft | Maximum load |
|---|---|
| Boeing 737-300SFMain-deck door 141.5 × 86.5 in | 42,900 lbs |
| L-188 Electra | 33,000 lbs |
| Boeing 737-200Gravel kit — serves unpaved strips | 30,000 lbs |
| C-46 Curtiss Commando | 12,000 lbs |
| Basler BT-67Seasonally, April to September | 8,000 lbs |
| Douglas DC-3 | 6,000 lbs |
Vehicles fly north. Brand-new trucks from Ford and GM roll through the 737's main-deck cargo door and land in communities no road reaches — factory-fresh, delivered by air.
Buffalo Air Express · since 1982
The Courier Arm
For almost forty years Buffalo Air Express has run door-to-door courier service from Edmonton to Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories — the largest courier service in the NWT, reaching over 400 communities.
- Overnight door-to-door — secure delivery of urgent, time-critical parcels and packages.
- Truck Air — trucked from Edmonton and flown from Yellowknife, serving every point in the NWT accessible by commercial aircraft.
- Beyond the North — air, ground, rail and ocean carrier connections move freight on a truly international scale, from an envelope across town to a 20,000 lb piece of equipment half-way around the world.
- Toll free800-465-3168
- Edmonton780-455-1677
- Yellowknife867-873-2084
- Hay River867-874-3307
Cargo charter rates
Large Shipments
Sandy MacPherson, Charters and Business Development
867-765-6020
smacpherson@buffaloairways.com