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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Keystone Air Service Ltd
| logo =
| logo_size = 250
| fleet_size = 6
| destinations = Anywhere in North America ([[Canada]] and continental [[United States]]); as far north as [[Alert, Nunavut]]
| IATA = -
| ICAO = KEE
| callsign = KEYSTONE
| parent =
| founded = 1985
| ceased = 2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Keystone Air suspended by Transport Canada - Winnipeg {{!}} Globalnews.ca |website=[[Global News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909070914/https://globalnews.ca/news/2330024/keystone-airs-operating-certificate-suspended-reports/ |archive-date=2018-09-09 |url-status=live |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2330024/keystone-airs-operating-certificate-suspended-reports/}}</ref>
| headquarters = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]
| key_people = Cliff Arlt - President
| hubs = [[St. Andrews Airport]]
| secondary_hubs =
| focus_cities = [[St Andrews, Manitoba]] and [[Winnipeg]]
| frequent_flyer =
| lounge =
| alliance =
| website = http://www.keystoneair.mb.ca
}}
[[File:Keystone Air Service BE20 C-FSPN.jpg|thumb|Keystone Air Service Beech 200 at Cambridge Bay Airport]]
'''Keystone Air Service Ltd.''' was an airline that served [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]], with charter services to anywhere in [[North America]]. Keystone had been flying since 1985 and provided [[air charter]] service to as far north as [[Alert, Nunavut]]. In 2015 merged into '''Wings over Kississing'''.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/KEE | title = Keystone Air Service | publisher = ch-aviation | access-date = 20 November 2020}}</ref>

==Destinations==
Anywhere in North America{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

==Fleet==
The Keystone Air Service fleet included:
{| class="toccolours" border="1" cellpadding="6" style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=lightblue
!Aircraft||Variant||Count||Passengers
|-
|[[Beechcraft Super King Air]]||200||3||12
(8 in executive)
|-
|[[Piper PA-31 Navajo|Piper PA-31]]||Chieftain||1||9
|-
|[[Piper PA-31 Navajo|Piper PA-31]]||Navajo||1||7
|-
|[[Beechcraft Model 99]]||B99||1||14
|}
{{Clear}}

==Incidents and accidents==

*On September 15, 2015, a Piper PA-31 with two crew and six passengers crashed 2 kilometers from [[Thompson, Manitoba]] airport shortly after takeoff. All eight people were transported to hospital. The crash was caused by the fueler mistakenly filling the plane with jet fuel, instead of the required Avgas.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/plane-crashes-in-northern-manitoba-8-injured-1.2565322 | title=Plane crashes in northern Manitoba; 8 injured | date=15 September 2015 }}</ref>
*In 2012, a Piper PA-31 carrying five passengers stalled on final approach and crashed near [[North Spirit Lake, Ontario]] due to adverse weather and icing conditions. The aircraft was destroyed and four passengers (including the pilot) were killed, while one passenger sustained serious injuries.<ref>http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2012/a12c0005/a12c0005.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/plane-crash-in-northwestern-ontario-kills-4-1.1135144| title = Plane crash in northwestern Ontario kills 4 {{!}} CBC News}}</ref>
*In 2002, a Piper PA-31-350 ran out of fuel and crashed at an intersection in [[Winnipeg, MB]] after a missed approach to [[Winnipeg International Airport]] runway 36. All seven passengers and several occupants in a vehicle on the ground were injured in the crash, and one passenger subsequently died from injuries.<ref>http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2002/a02c0124/a02c0124.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
*In 2001, a Piper PA-31 landed gear up on runway 13 in Winnipeg, MB. In a post-accident investigation, the gear was found to have been in the fully retracted position at the time of landing and no mechanical abnormality was found.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/cadors-screaq/rd.aspx?cno%3d%26dtef%3d%26dtet%3d2013-11-22%26otp%3d1%26ftop%3d%253e%253d%26ftno%3d0%26ijop%3d%253e%253d%26ijno%3d0%26olc%3d%26prv%3d-1%26rgn%3d-1%26tsbno%3d%26tsbi%3d-1%26arno%3d%26ocatno%3d%26ocatop%3d1%26oevtno%3d%26oevtop%3d1%26evtacoc%3d3%26fltno%3d%26fltr%3d-1%26cars%3d-1%26acat%3d-1%26nar%3d%26aiddl%3d-1%26aidxt%3d%26optdl%3d526%26optxt%3dkeystone%26mkdl%3d-1%26mkxt%3d%26mdldl%3d-1%26mdlxt%3d%26rt%3dQR%26hypl%3dy%26cnum%3d2001C0221 | title=Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Report System | date=24 January 2013 }}</ref>
*In 2000, a Piper PA-31 crashed in a wooded area 2 miles from the Winnipeg International Airport after the right engine failed due to substantial water in the fuel tank.<ref>http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2000/a00c0260/a00c0260.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of Canada]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Keystone Air Service}}
*[http://www.keystoneair.mb.ca Keystone Air Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124085621/http://www.keystoneair.mb.ca/ |date=2005-11-24 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160719201317/http://www.winnipegavitat.com/ Winnipeg Esso Avitat]
*[http://www.standrewsairport.com/ St. Andrews Airport]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fuel-mistake-might-have-caused-plane-crash-near-thompson-man-1.3229974 cbs.ca]

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