week via intermediate stops at Yellowknife and Churchill, Manitoba. Transair was also subsequently acquired by Pacific Western Airlines. Another air carrier which served Whitehorse during the early and mid 1970s was International Jetair operating nonstop flights to Inuvik on the weekdays with continuing one stop service several days a week to Fort Nelson flown with Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft. U.S.-based Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) served Whitehorse during the early 1960s as part of a route linking Seattle with Alaska. Pan Am operated Douglas DC-4 followed by Douglas DC-6B propliners into the airport on a routing of Seattle-Ketchikan-Juneau-Whitehorse-Fairbanks-Galena-Nome. Several Alaska-based airlines also served Whitehorse in the past. During the 1970s, Wien Air Alaska operated Boeing 737-200 jetliners as well as Fairchild F-27 turboprops into the airport with Anchorage-Fairbanks-Whitehorse-Juneau routings. Era Aviation operated Convair 580 turboprop aircraft nonstop between Anchorage and Whitehorse during the 1980s. Facilities The airport has its own fire department with three crash tenders and one supervisor vehicle based at a fire station on the airport grounds. Airlines and destinations See also Whitehorse/Cousins Airport References External links Government of Yukon - Whitehorse International Airport CF-CPY Wind Vane Whitehorse Airport Arrivals Whitehorse Airport Departures Page about this airport on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory Certified airports in Yukon Transport in Whitehorse Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Alaska Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Canada National Airports System Airports established in 1941 1941 establishments in Canada