Active Airframes
5
Two MD-80s, one BAe 146-100, two BAe 146-200QTs
Connecting the North
Keflavik-centered airline operations for Iceland and the North Atlantic edge.
Northwind Air is a dispatch-led virtual airline built around realistic domestic passenger and cargo flying across Iceland, with selected Faroe and Greenland sectors only when the operation supports them.
Northwind snapshotKeflavik International Airport (BIKF)
Network Airports
23
Iceland-first, BIKF-centered, North Atlantic extension only when justified
Player Release
Tier 1
New system starts at BIKF with entry airports only
Operating Character
Every mission must have a reason.
Aircraft location matters. Maintenance matters. Difficulty matters. Airport capability matters. Northwind Air is not a sandbox and it should never feel like one.
BIKF-Centered Dispatch
Northwind Air is not a free-flying sandbox. Flights exist because aircraft location, airport role, and company need say they should.
Persistent Fleet State
Each tail has a fixed starting airport, maintenance margin, defect state, and operating status. No aircraft teleports.
Earned Progression
MD-80, BAe 146 passenger, and BAe 146 cargo each have separate release tracks. Type rating does not unlock the whole map.
Network Weighting
The airline spreads across multiple network layers, but Iceland remains the center of gravity.
Core, regular, occasional, rare, and special route classes all exist in the model. Over time, the airline should show operational diversity without breaking fleet logic or small-airline realism.
Core
BIKF, BIAR, BIEG, BIHN, BIVM
Regular
BIHU, BIIS, BIVO, BITN, BINF
Occasional
BIBD, BIRG, BIST, BIHK, BITE, EKVG, BGSF
Rare
BIGJ, BIBL, BIRS, BISA, BISI
Special
BGKK, one-off charters, recoveries, unusual repositioning
Maintenance pressure
Scheduled checks and reserve behavior materially affect dispatch from day one.
N114NW
Closest BAe line-check margin in fleet
BIKF | 17 cycles remainingN800NW
Nearest MD-80 A-Check threshold
BIKF | 41 flight hours remainingFleet policy