Passenger Services

Checked Baggage Allowance

Jet Flights:

Fly to/from major centers: Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Yellowknife, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, Inuvik, Kuujjuaq, and Cambridge Bay*.

Passengers are allowed to check two pieces of baggage at a maximum of 32 kgs/70 lbs per piece on jet flights.

Turboprop Flights:

Fly between our major centers and our northern communities: Arviat, Baker Lake, Kimmirut, Cape Dorset, Hall Beach, Igloolik, Pangnirtung, Qikiqtarjuaq, Clyde River, Pond Inlet, Nanisivik, Resolute Bay, Hay River, Fort Simpson, Whitehorse, Kugluktuk, Ulukhaktok, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Kugaaruk and Cambridge Bay*.

Passengers are allowed to check two pieces of baggage at a maximum of 20 kgs/44 lbs per piece on turbo prop flights.

Exceptions:

  • Customers travelling on a turbo prop aircraft, with a connection to/from a jet flight are allowed the baggage weight listed for a jet flight.
  • * Cambridge Bay has both jet and turbo prop service so is always allowed the baggage weight listed for a jet flight.

Other:

  • A maximum of three additional pieces can be accepted at check-in for both jet and turboprop flights, subject to $50.00/per piece excess charges and space availability.
  • Customers travelling with infants may check-in a car seat and a fully collapsible stroller at no additional charge.
  • Overweight baggage (21-45 kgs for turboprop, 33-45 kgs for jet) is subject to a $50.00 excess charge.
  • Oversize baggage with linear dimensions (length + width + height) of 161 to 292 cms is subject to a $70.00 excess charge.
  • Any pieces over 45 kgs or measuring more than 292 cms will not be accepted as checked baggage. Please make arrangement to ship through cargo.
Carry-On Baggage Allowance

First Air is required to enforce carry-on baggage size restrictions, as per Transport Canada regulations. A cabin baggage size unit is available at check-in to ensure that your carry-on(s) fits in the allotted space:

Total space per passenger:

  • JET – 10 inches by 18 inches by 22 inches (25 cm x 46 cm x 55 cm)
  • Turboprop, HS 748 & ATR42 – 9 inches by 8 inches by 18 inches (22 cm x 20 cm x 46 cm)
  • Carry on not permitted on any other aircraft

Carry-ons for customers travelling on a jet with a connecting flight onto a turboprop aircraft are restricted to the turboprop measurements.