Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc.

Phoenix Heli-Flight Inc. is a privately owned charter helicopter company with its headquarters and main base at the Fort McMurray airport in Alberta. It started in 1991 with one leased AStar and says it now operates a fleet of ten Airbus (formerly Eurocopter) light helicopters, both single and twin turbine.

Services

• Passenger transportation and general transport of personnel and freight
• Cargo, internal or external, up to 3,000 pounds, including ATVs, drums, survey equipment, drill rigs and building materials
• Medevac: the company operates the Local HERO Foundation EC135 for 24/7 helicopter emergency medical services in Fort McMurray and the Wood Buffalo area, with seven stretcher equipped helicopters as backup
• Forest management: cut block layouts, timber cruising, cone cropping, reforestation and regeneration surveys
• Environmental work including wildlife, water, soil and archaeology support
• Wildfire suppression, exploration, utilities, oil and gas, construction and infrastructure maintenance
• Drone services with photo, video, LiDAR and thermal imaging, flown by operators who are also helicopter pilots

Fleet

The fleet page lists the AS350B2, AS350B3DH, AS355N, AS355NP, EC120B, EC135T2e and H130 (EC130T2).

Tours

Helicopter tours cover Fort McMurray, the oil sands and the Wood Buffalo region, including the Clearwater River Valley, the Suncor base plant, Syncrude Mildred Lake and Whitemud Falls.

Facilities and safety

The Fort McMurray facility has an operations hangar with offices and customer reception, and a maintenance hangar with parts storage and training areas. The company lists Outerlink satellite monitoring and helicopter flight data monitoring among its safety tools.