Company Story

Northwind Air was built for the places that still wait on the aircraft.

Not every Icelandic sector is a trunk route, and not every shipment can ride in on someone else's schedule. Northwind lives in that gap: part regional passenger carrier, part freight lifeline, always run with one eye on the weather and the other on the board.

What Northwind is

Northwind Air is a working Icelandic carrier built around domestic passenger sectors, fisheries freight, island support, and the occasional North Atlantic crossing when the board has reason to send an aircraft over water.

ICAO: NWICallsign: NORTHWINDPrimary base: Keflavik International Airport (BIKF)Environment: X-Plane 12 with VATSIM integration

Born On The Keflavik Ramp

Northwind starts at Keflavik because that is where the tools, fuel, engineering support, and schedule discipline live. Most pairings still want to come home there by night.

The BAe Sits At The Heart Of It

The 146 is what lets the airline feel like itself: short sectors, awkward stands, freight doors, thin loads, and stations bigger carriers would rather ignore.

Small Enough To Feel The Weather

One delayed turn in Hofn, one near-due check, or one aircraft sleeping away from base changes the whole day. That pressure is part of the identity.

Brand Standard

The paint has to look right on a cold ramp at first light.

Clean white forward fuselage, deep blue aft section, mountain tail, and no needless flourish. It should feel like a northern working airline before the engines even spool.

Northwind Air BAe 146 tail design reference
Tail reference | BAe 146 family mountain mark and paint language

Northwind Blue

#0B2D4D

Tail background, rear fuselage, engines, major dark areas

Arctic White

#FFFFFF

Forward fuselage, mountain silhouette, clean base color

Glacier Blue

#7AC7E7

Primary transition wave and movement accent

Light Ice Blue

#A7D3E8

Optional secondary transition layer only when needed

Silver / Neutral Grey

#B0B7BD

Small trim accents only, never dominant

Text Blue

#102A43

Titles, registrations, readable technical markings