A red Coldstream Super Puma helicopter banking through snow-covered mountain peaks at sunrise

The fleet

Seventeen aircraft. Three weight classes.

Every machine is maintained in our own Kelowna facility under AMO #81-09 — with HUMS and HFDM monitoring across the heavy fleet.

Coldstream Airbus AS 332 Super Puma in flight — Airbus — Heavy lift

Heavy lift · 11 in fleet

AS 332L/L1 Super Puma

The backbone of Coldstream's heavy-lift capability. Twin-engine, two-pilot IFR machines that sling 10,000 lbs, drop 4,000 litres on a fire, or move 22 firefighters in a single rotation.

Passenger seating: 18 airline / 22 crew utility
Average cruise speed: 270 km/h
Max range: 851 km
Max external sling load: 10,000 lbs
Belly tank / water bucket: 4,000 L
Fuel consumption: 650 L/hr

IFR
NVG
Medivac
Night pax & sling
Two pilot
HUMS / HFDM
OGP / USFS / Cal Fire

Coldstream Bell 212 hovering in light snow cloud — Bell — Medium lift

Medium lift · 4 in fleet

Bell 212 HP + BLR

The proven medium twin. BLR FastFin-equipped 212s fly crews, fires, seismic, and heli-ski programs in mountain weather that grounds lesser machines.

Passenger seating: 14 / 13 with two pilots
Average cruise speed: 190 km/h
Max range: 565 km
Max external sling load: 3,200 lbs
Belly tank / water bucket: 1,300 L
Fuel consumption: 425 L/hr

IFR
NVG
Medivac
Night pax & sling
Two pilot
HUMS / HFDM
OGP compliant

Airbus AStar staged on a mountain ridge during heli-ski operations — Airbus — light utility

Light utility · 2 in fleet

Airbus Astar B2 & B3

The agile end of the fleet. The B2 doubles as our dedicated camera ship — Cineflex, Westcam, and Eclipse capable — while the hot-and-high B3 brings extra power for mountain staging, frost protection, and light sling work at altitude.

Airbus Astar B2

Light utility / camera ship

Passenger seating: 5
Average cruise speed: 250 km/h
Max range: 660 km
Max external sling load: 1,650 lbs
Belly tank / water bucket: 650 L
Fuel consumption: 180 L/hr

NVG
Medivac
Night sling
Two pilot
HFDM

Airbus Astar B3

Light utility — high altitude

Passenger seating: 5
Average cruise speed: 255 km/h
Max range: 660 km
Max external sling load: 2,800 lbs
Belly tank / water bucket: 1,100 L
Fuel consumption: 190 L/hr

NVG
Medivac
Night sling
Two pilot
HFDM

Side by side

Compare the fleet

Spec	AS 332L/L1 Super Puma	Bell 212 HP + BLR	Airbus Astar B2	Airbus Astar B3
Number in fleet	11	4	1	1
Passenger seating	18 airline / 22 crew utility	14 / 13 with two pilots	5	5
Average cruise speed	270 km/h	190 km/h	250 km/h	255 km/h
Max range	851 km	565 km	660 km	660 km
Max external sling load	10,000 lbs	3,200 lbs	1,650 lbs	2,800 lbs
Belly tank / bucket	4,000 L	1,300 L	650 L	1,100 L
Fuel consumption	650 L/hr	425 L/hr	180 L/hr	190 L/hr
Mission flags	IFR · NVG · Medivac · Night pax & sling · Two pilot · HUMS / HFDM · OGP / USFS / Cal Fire	IFR · NVG · Medivac · Night pax & sling · Two pilot · HUMS / HFDM · OGP compliant	NVG · Medivac · Night sling · Two pilot · HFDM	NVG · Medivac · Night sling · Two pilot · HFDM

* Actual performance figures — payload, speed, range, passengers — are determined by weather conditions and elevation above sea level at the time of the mission, by the pilot in command.

Dispatch — 7 days

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