AERO CALL SIGNS and AIRLINE CODES
often heard in low level airspace around
the Maritimes, particularly near Halifax
Last update March 13, 2010
2-letter and 3-letter codes are those used on schedules, arrival/departure lists, and on air movements webpages. Subsidiary or feeder airlines often utilize the codes of the airlines they serve. for example, Jazz and Georgian are usually identified on airport arrival/departure screens as AC as they are integrated and marketed as part of Air Canada's system. The subsidiary airline's own codes may be less commonly seen, and are indicated below preceding a slash.
Some of the listed airlines are occasional visitors. This list does not include airlines whose aircraft were merely diverted to Halifax, nor does it include aircraft passing overhead but not landing at Halifax.
| Call Sign (on-air prefix to Flight Number) | 2-letter Code | 3-letter code | Company or Military Unit with notes |
| AIRLINES (while this list contains all known common visitors to Halifax, it may contain some that no longer visit, as of 2010) | |||
| AIR CANADA | AC | ACA | Air Canada |
| JAZZ | QK/AC | JZA | Jazz Air Inc. dba as Air Canada Jazz |
| GEORGIAN | ZO/AC | GGN | dba Air Alliance (3rd tier contract operator for Air Canada) |
| SPEEDAIR | PB | SPR | Provincial Airlines/Eastern Flying Services |
| CONTINENTAL | CO | COA | Continental A/L (this parent company does not normally fly to Halifax) |
| MORNINGSTAR | - | MAL | Morningstar Air Express (operating aircraft for Fedex) |
| FLIGHTCRAFT | W8 | KFA | Kelowna Flightcraft (operating aircraft for Purolator) |
| COMET | - | CME | Prince Edward Air (owned by CargoJet) |
| JETLINK | XE/CO | BTA | ExpressJet Airlines operating as a component of Continental Express for Continental A/L |
| SAINT PIERRE | PJ | SPM | Air Saint Pierre |
|
EAGLE FLIGHT |
MQ/AA | EGF | American Eagle (feeder for American A/L) |
| CANJET | C6 | CJA | CanJet Airlines (based at Halifax A/P) |
| ICEAIR | FI | ICE | Icelandair |
| SUNWING | WG | SWG | Sunwing Airlines (Sunwing Vacations) |
| ABX | GB | ABX | ABX Air (operating for DHL) |
| ASIANA | OZ | AAR | Asiana Cargo |
| KESTREL | MT | TCX | Thomas Cook A/L |
| GLOBESPAN | Y2 | GSM | Fly Globespan |
| AIRSPRINT | - | ASP | Airsprint |
| CUBANA | CU | CUB | Cubana |
| FLAIR | - | FLE | Flair Air |
| FINNAIR | AY | FIN | Finnair (fuel stop) |
| AIR FINLAND | OF | FIF | Air Finland (fuel stop Helsinki - Cancun) |
| MONARCH | ZB | MON | Monarch Airlines (fuel stop) |
| EMPRESS | 5T | ANX | Canadian North Airlines |
| WESTJET | WS | WJA | WestJet Airlines |
| SKYTOUR | 5G | SSV | Skyservice Airlines Inc. (holiday charter flights) (same as Roots Air) |
| CARGOJET | W8 | CJT | Cargojet Airways |
| MERCURY (formerly SHUTTLECRAFT) |
S5/UA | TCF | Shuttle America operating for United Express (United A/L) |
| MESABA | XJ | MES | Mesaba Airlines dba Delta Connection for Delta Airlines (formerly NW Airlines) |
| COMAIR | OH/DL | COM | Comair dba as Delta Connection for Delta Airlines |
| SKYLINK | - | SKK | Skylink Aviation |
| FLAGSHIP | 9E/NW | FLG | Pinnacle A/L dba Northwest Airlink for Northwest A/L |
| TRANSAT | TS | TSC | Air Transat (holiday charters from Halifax) |
| PORTER | PD | POE | Porter Airlines |
| VOYAGEUR | VC | VAL | Voyageur Airlines |
| TOMSON | BY | TOM | Thomson Airways (U.K.) occasional visitor (some a/c painted as "First Choice") |
| JETBIRD | GX | JXX | Jet X (Iceland) (fuel stop in Halifax?) |
| MILITARY & GOVERNMENT | |||
| ASCOT | Royal Air Force transport a/c | ||
| REACH | US Air Force transport aircraft | ||
| ETHYL | US Air Force air to air refuelling tankers | ||
| CANFORCE | Canadian Armed Forces transport a/c | ||
| TUSKER | Cdn Armed Forces 413 Rescue Sqn Greenwood | ||
| HUNTER | Cdn Armed Forces 404 MP Sqn Greenwood | ||
| TALON | Cdn Armed Forces 423 Heli Sqn Shearwater | ||
| MERLIN | Cdn Armed Forces 406 Heli Sqn Shearwater | ||
| PATHFINDER | Cdn Armed Forces 415 MP Sqn Greenwood | ||
| CASEY | Cdn Armed Forces 405 MP Sqn Greenwood | ||
| WOLF | Cdn Armed Forces 403 Army Heli Sqn Gagetown | ||
| CHEETAH | Top Aces (contractor to air force) Alpha Jets | ||
| BRUISER | Top Aces (contractor to air force) Westwinds | ||
| PATROL | Nova Scotia Dept of Natural Resources | ||