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Air North, Yukon's Airline

Yukon's airline, flying between Whitehorse, northern communities and southern Canadian cities such as Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton.

Official page Tariff
Ammunition Up to 5 kg Per passenger Advance notice 72 h Before departure Sources disagree 3 rules Follow the stricter one

Is my firearm accepted?

Firearms accepted Published

Shotguns, handguns, pistols, starter pistols, air pistols, rifles, BB guns, paintball guns and related ammunition - checked baggage or Cargo only. All other firearms and/or associated ammunition are not accepted.

Website and tariff list the same accepted types verbatim (tariff adds no new types). Neither document distinguishes restricted vs non-restricted classes by name - "handguns" and "pistols" are listed without qualification, which reads as broader acceptance than Flair but the carrier never uses the words "restricted" or "prohibited" itself. No inference drawn; see restricted_accepted and prohibited_accepted below.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

Unloaded firearms may be accepted as checked baggage or Cargo as long as as the following conditions are met. Firearms Accepted Shotguns Handguns Pistols, starter pistols, air pistols Riffles BB guns, paintball guns and related ammunition will be accepted only as checked baggage All other firearms and/or associated ammunition are not accepted.

Types Accepted: shotguns, handguns, pistols, air pistols, riffles, BB guns, starter pistols, paintball guns and related ammunition will be accepted only as checked baggage. All other firearms and/or associated ammunition are not accepted.

flyairnorth.com Tariff (flyairnorth.com) Verified 1 November 2026

Packing

Case required Published

Locked hard-sided case (website); suitable hard-sided, opaque, heavy-duty container or case (tariff)

The tariff additionally specifies the case must be opaque and heavy-duty; the website only requires "locked hard-sided". Additive, not contradictory - see conflicts for the trigger-lock wording difference.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

The firearms must be in a locked hard-sided case.

Firearms must be rendered inoperable, such as with a trigger lock, and packed in a suitable hard-sided, opaque, heavy-duty container or case.

flyairnorth.com Tariff (flyairnorth.com) Verified 1 November 2026
Locks required Sources disagree

Case must be locked (website). Tariff additionally requires the firearm itself be "rendered inoperable, such as with a trigger lock" in addition to the locked case - a stricter, dual requirement (locked case AND an inoperable firearm) not stated on the website for any firearm class, with no non-restricted exception published anywhere.

The website's dedicated firearms section requires only that the case be locked, with no mention of rendering the firearm itself inoperable. The tariff's Firearms and Ammunition rule (Rule 55(11)5) requires the firearm be "rendered inoperable, such as with a trigger lock" IN ADDITION to the locked hard-sided case. A separate catch-all tariff rule (Rule 55(F)5) states only that the "safety catch is in the 'on' position" is required - a third, even looser standard. Not resolved here.

flyairnorth.com

The firearms must be in a locked hard-sided case.

Tariff (contract of carriage)

Firearms must be rendered inoperable, such as with a trigger lock, and packed in a suitable hard-sided, opaque, heavy-duty container or case.

Follow the stricter of the two. Meeting the tougher requirement satisfies both, and the contract of carriage is what the airline can enforce at the counter.

flyairnorth.com Tariff (flyairnorth.com)
How much ammunition Published

Up to 5 kg (11 lb) per passenger, Division 1.4S ammunition only (IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations). Ammunition not in Division 1.4S is not accepted as checked baggage. Ammunition over 5 kg must be shipped as Cargo.

Matches the 5 kg figure published by all five Tier 1 carriers except Flair. Air North is the only carrier found so far to name the IATA Division 1.4S classification explicitly on its public-facing website, not just in a tariff.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

Only ammunition in Division 1.4S , as defined in the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations, weighing less than five (5) kg (11 lb) per passenger, will be accepted for carriage as checked baggage.

The ammunition may not exceed 5kg.

flyairnorth.com Tariff (flyairnorth.com) Verified 1 November 2026
How to pack ammunition Published

Packed securely, preferably in the original container or a container specifically designed for small arms ammunition. Firearms and ammunition must be packed SEPARATELY - in separate checked baggage, per the tariff (stricter than "separate container, same bag").

The tariff clarifies "packed separately" means separate PIECES of checked baggage, like Air Transat and unlike WestJet/Porter which permit the same bag with separate containers. The website's "packed separately" alone is ambiguous; the tariff resolves it. This is additive clarification, not a conflict.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

The ammunition must be packed securely, preferably in the original container, or in a container specifically designed for the carriage of small arms ammunition.

The firearm and its ammunition must be packed in separate checked baggage.

flyairnorth.com Tariff (flyairnorth.com) Verified 1 November 2026

Booking and check-in

Advance notice Sources disagree

At least 72 hours before departure, and the passenger must contact ALL operating airlines on the itinerary, not just Air North - the tariff explicitly extends this requirement to every carrier on an interline itinerary. Failure to do so may result in refusal to transport at any stage of the itinerary. The website states no advance-notice requirement at all.

The tariff requires 72 hours' advance notice to all operating airlines on the itinerary. The website's dedicated firearms section states no advance-notice requirement at all - only the case, declaration form, ammunition and packing rules. A traveller relying on the website alone could show up without having given notice and be refused at any stage of an interline itinerary. Not resolved here.

Tariff (contract of carriage)

Passengers planning to travel with a firearm and/or ammunition must contact all operating airlines on the itinerary at least 72 hours before departure; failure to do so may result in a refusal to transport at any stage of the itinerary.

flyairnorth.com

Unloaded firearms may be accepted as checked baggage or Cargo as long as as the following conditions are met.

Follow the stricter of the two. Meeting the tougher requirement satisfies both, and the contract of carriage is what the airline can enforce at the counter.

Tariff (flyairnorth.com) flyairnorth.com
At the airport Published

Passenger must fill out a firearms declaration form at check-in and adhere to all applicable rules and regulations pertaining to the firearm and ammunition. Failure to do so may result in seizure of the firearm.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

Declaration: The passenger must fill out a firearms declaration form at check-in and adhere to all applicable rules and regulations pertaining to the transportation of the firearm and ammunition. Failure to do so may result in the seizure of the firearm.

The traveller will be required to sign a firearms declaration form indicating that the firearm is unloaded and acknowledging responsibility under the criminal code for the carriage of a weapon.

Tariff (flyairnorth.com) flyairnorth.com Verified 1 November 2026

Where you can fly

Where they fly it Sources disagree

Airline does not publish this — contact them

as an explicit restriction - the Firearms and Ammunition rule (Rule 55(11)) sits in the Domestic Tariff with no destination blacklist, but a separate catch-all rule (Rule 55(F)) in the same tariff states firearms and ammunition "other than for hunting or sporting purposes are prohibited from carriage as baggage," implying only hunting/sporting firearms are accepted even domestically. International/transborder scope is not addressed in the documents found; Air North's published non-scheduled tariffs (international, domestic) were not checked for a separate firearms clause.

The tariff contains two differently worded firearms rules. Rule 55(11) "Firearms and Ammunition" (the dedicated, detailed rule cited for most fields above) states acceptance conditions with no hunting/sporting qualifier and no mention of a safety-catch-only standard. A separate, shorter Rule 55(F)5 under "Baggage - Items Not Accepted" states firearms/ammunition are prohibited "other than for hunting or sporting purposes" and requires only that the firearm be unloaded with the safety catch "on" - omitting the locked case and trigger-lock/inoperable requirements of Rule 55(11). The two rules appear to describe the same subject matter inconsistently within a single document. Not resolved here.

Tariff (contract of carriage)

Acceptance of firearms and ammunition is subject to applicable fare rules and this Tariff, including the following terms and conditions: 1. Types Accepted: shotguns, handguns, pistols, air pistols, riffles, BB guns, starter pistols, paintball guns and related ammunition will be accepted only as checked baggage.

Tariff (contract of carriage)

Firearms and ammunition other than for hunting or sporting purposes are prohibited from carriage as baggage. Firearms and ammunition for hunting and sporting purposes will be accepted as checked baggage provided the firearms are not loaded, the safety catch is in the “on” position and the firearms are suitably packed.

Follow the stricter of the two. Meeting the tougher requirement satisfies both, and the contract of carriage is what the airline can enforce at the counter.

Tariff (flyairnorth.com) Tariff (flyairnorth.com)

Other rules worth knowing

Other rules worth knowing Published

Required entry permits/documents for the country or countries of transit and destination must be held and presented. Firearms CANNOT be transferred between airlines on an interline itinerary, even though other baggage rules of the "selected carrier" apply across the whole itinerary - a northern-travel-relevant limit since Air North interlines with other carriers for southern connections. Travellers transiting from an unsecured airport through a secured airport must claim their firearm and ammunition and personally escort them through the oversized item security screening area. Passenger is liable to Air North for claims/damages/losses arising from compliance with the firearms rule. This rule does not apply to officers of the law travelling in the line of duty with legally authorized sidearms.

The unsecured-to-secured-airport transfer rule is directly relevant to hunters flying north: many Yukon/NWT communities Air North serves have unsecured airports, so a passenger connecting onward must personally re-claim and escort their firearm through screening rather than it being transferred automatically - unlike ordinary checked baggage.

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s wording

Firearms CANNOT be transferred between airlines.

Travellers transiting from an unsecured airport through a secured airport must claim their firearm and ammunition and escort them through the oversized item security screening area.

Tariff (flyairnorth.com) flyairnorth.com Verified 1 November 2026

Not published by Air North, Yukon's Airline

Air North, Yukon's Airline’s own sources say nothing about: Restricted firearms (e.g. handguns)Prohibited firearmsFeeWhen to arriveMinimum ageMaximum firearms Ask Air North, Yukon's Airline directly before you travel. FlyerArms does not guess.

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