The bush workhorse

DHC-6 Twin Otter

The definitive northern STOL aircraft — de Havilland Canada’s Twin Otter, newly joined and at home on the short strips of the Territory.

Ask About This Aircraft

No aircraft says northern flying like the Twin Otter. Built in Canada for exactly this country, it lifts a real load out of a few hundred feet of gravel — and does it every day, year round.

C-GFYN slots in below the 1900D — the right size for small crews, tight strips and expedition work in the high Arctic, reaching the places the bigger aircraft can’t.

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Specifications

TypeDe Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
RegistrationC-GFYN
RoleSTOL utility and charter
SeatsUp to 19
Powerplant2 × Pratt & Whitney PT6A
StripsGravel, ice and short unprepared surfaces

On the ramp and in the air

In Pictures

  • The Twin Otter mirrored in meltwater on a mountain strip
  • C-GFYN on a tundra strip beside an Arctic lake
  • C-GFYN’s tail at winter sunset, two crew and a dog on the snow
  • Parked on a gravel beach strip with fuel drums, sea ice and mesa cliffs beyond
  • The Twin Otter on a dirt strip beneath snow-streaked red mountains
  • C-GFYN above the shoreline of a frozen Arctic bay
  • Loading C-GFYN on a snow-packed community ramp
  • Wide tundra strip, the Twin Otter alone under a big Arctic sky
  • Night on the ramp — C-GFYN still wearing its Kitikmeot Air heritage titles, a Buffalo C-46 behind