Nordair: Boeing 737-200 North Central Airlines: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 Pacific Western Airlines: Boeing 737-200 Republic Airlines (1979-1986): McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 Transair (Canada): Boeing 737-200, Fokker F28 Vistajet: Boeing 737-200 According to various Official Airline Guide (OAG) editions as well as airline timetables, the majority of jet service operated by Canadian-based air carriers was nonstop or direct to Toronto and Winnipeg. U.S.-based North Central Airlines operated nonstop flights to Duluth with continuing no change of plane jet service to Chicago–O'Hare while successor Republic Airlines also flew nonstop to Duluth with continuing no change of plane jet service to Minneapolis/St. Paul and then on to Denver. During the mid-1980s, three airlines were competing with nonstop service operated with mainline jet aircraft between Thunder Bay and Toronto: Air Canada with Boeing 727-200 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30 aircraft, Nordair with Boeing 737-200 aircraft and Pacific Western Airlines with Boeing 737-200 aircraft. Airlines and destinations Passenger Cargo Charter Statistics Airside tenants Confederation College School of Aviation – Aviation Centre of Excellence Hydro One - aviation hangar Innotech Aviation - Shell Aviation FBO Levaero Aviation - authorized Pilatus dealer Maintair Aviation Services - ground handling services Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services - seasonal firefighting aircraft base Ornge Air Ambulance - hangar and regional base Thunder Bay Flight Refuelling - World Fuel Services FBO Wisk Air Helicopters Groundside Tenants Aramark - groundside food services and bar, aircraft catering) Avis/Budget Driving Force Enterprise FedEx National Passages Gift Shop - featuring local gifts and items Pine Tree Catering - Nomad Cafe (airside food services) Parking and transportation Vehicles can reach the airport via Ontario Highway 61 and connections with Harbour Expressway and Ontario Highway 11 into Thunder Bay's core. The parking lot contains 100 short-term spaces, 300 long-term spaces, curbside taxi service and courtesy cars. Thunder Bay Transit bus route 14 Arthur serves the airport terminal and the nearby Aviation Centre of Excellence. Infrastructure The Thunder Bay International Airport has a three-storey terminal building. Thunder Bay's runways are primarily used by small or larger turboprop and regional jet aircraft such as the Bombardier Q400 propjet and the CRJ900 regional jet; however, they are capable of accommodating narrow-body jetliners such as current generation Boeing 737 aircraft operated Flair Airlines and on charter or occasional services operated by Air Transat, Sunwing Airlines and WestJet. Historically, the airport routinely handled Boeing 727-200, Boeing 737-200 and