--- title: "Bearskin Lake Air Service (JV) seat maps and aircraft" description: "Bearskin Lake Air Service (JV) flies 2 aircraft types across 13 airports in 2LNR's schedule data. See the routes each one flies." canonical: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/jv" url: "https://2lnr.com/seatmaps/jv.md" date_modified: "2026-10-23T14:17:50Z" --- # Bearskin Lake Air Service seat maps: which aircraft JV actually flies Bearskin Lake Air Service (JV) flies a short fleet in 2LNR's schedule data, reaching 13 airports: De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100. Some flights are filed only as a Fairchild-Swearingen Metro/Merlin, without the variant. On an operation this focused the cabin is close to predictable, which makes the seat itself the whole decision. The routes each aircraft covers, and how far they run, are below. Updated October 21, 2026. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See the JV route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/jv.md) 2 Aircraft types 13 Airports served Per flight How the live map reads Free To get started ## The Bearskin Lake Air Service fleet, as actually flown Aircraft types JV currently schedules on its own metal, each with the nonstop routes it operates, how far those routes run and the cabin configuration JV records for it. Regional flying under the JV brand counts as JV metal; flights JV markets but another airline operates don't. ### Fairchild-Swearingen Metro/Merlin Turboprop · Filed as SWM **Nonstop routes**\ 27 **Airports served**\ 13 **Typical route**\ 170 mi Longest route: [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Greater Sudbury (YSB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-ysb.md), about 420 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Sioux Lookout (YXL) to Thunder Bay (YQT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yxl-yqt.md) - [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sioux Lookout (YXL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-yxl.md) - [Greater Sudbury (YSB) to North Bay (YYB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ysb-yyb.md) - [Sioux Lookout (YXL) to Red Lake (YRL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yxl-yrl.md) - [Winnipeg (YWG) to Red Lake (YRL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ywg-yrl.md) - [Red Lake (YRL) to Winnipeg (YWG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yrl-ywg.md) [The other 21 routes on the JV route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/jv.md) ### De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 Turboprop · Filed as DH3 **Nonstop routes**\ 12 **Airports served**\ 7 **Typical route**\ 170 mi Longest route: [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-yam.md), about 260 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-yam.md) - [Sault Ste Marie (YAM) to Greater Sudbury (YSB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yam-ysb.md) - [Sault Ste Marie (YAM) to Thunder Bay (YQT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yam-yqt.md) - [Sioux Lookout (YXL) to Red Lake (YRL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yxl-yrl.md) - [Winnipeg (YWG) to Red Lake (YRL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ywg-yrl.md) - [Red Lake (YRL) to Sioux Lookout (YXL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yrl-yxl.md) [The other 6 routes on the JV route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/jv.md) ### De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 Turboprop · Filed as DH1 **Nonstop routes**\ 8 **Airports served**\ 7 **Typical route**\ 170 mi Longest route: [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-yam.md), about 260 miles. #### Routes it flies most - [Red Lake (YRL) to Winnipeg (YWG)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yrl-ywg.md) - [Red Lake (YRL) to Sioux Lookout (YXL)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yrl-yxl.md) - [Greater Sudbury (YSB) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/ysb-yam.md) - [Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yqt-yam.md) - [Sault Ste Marie (YAM) to Thunder Bay (YQT)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yam-yqt.md) - [Sault Ste Marie (YAM) to Greater Sudbury (YSB)](https://2lnr.com/routes/yam-ysb.md) [The other 2 routes on the JV route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/jv.md) Route counts are distinct directional nonstop city pairs in 2LNR's schedule data. Where an airline files a family code without naming a variant, the card reads as the family: that's what was filed, and guessing the airframe would be worse than saying so. Distances are great-circle miles between the two airports, rounded to the nearest ten, not the track a flight actually files. A longest route is shown only where every one of that aircraft's routes could be measured, and a typical route only where most of them could; where the measurement was too thin, the figure is left out rather than estimated. ## How to see the seat map for your JV flight The useful version of this question is per flight, not per aircraft type. ### Add the flight, then open its live map On Pro, 2LNR reads the seat map for the specific JV flight and date you're looking at, scores the open seats inside your own cabin and marks paid seats as paid. It's read at the moment you ask rather than stored, so an aircraft swap shows up as a different map instead of a wrong one. ### Then let it watch Cabins churn in the last days before departure as blocked rows release and upgrades clear. Seat monitoring re-reads the map on a cadence that tightens as departure approaches and tells you when a better seat opens, or when the seat you hold changes underneath you. More on that in [seat monitoring](https://2lnr.com/lp/seat-monitoring.md). ### If you want a cabin diagram instead 2LNR doesn't publish stored cabin drawings or per-seat comfort ratings for JV aircraft, and this page won't pretend otherwise. For browsing a layout on an aircraft you haven't booked, a maintained diagram library such as [AeroLOPA](https://www.aerolopa.com/) is the right tool. ## More on Bearskin Lake Air Service - [Where JV flies: the Bearskin Lake Air Service route map](https://2lnr.com/routes/airlines/jv.md) - [Seat maps by airline and aircraft](https://2lnr.com/seatmaps.md) - [How to read an airline seat map](https://2lnr.com/guides/airline-seat-maps.md) - [What replaced SeatGuru](https://2lnr.com/compare/seatguru.md) ## Frequently asked questions about Bearskin Lake Air Service (JV) aircraft **What aircraft does Bearskin Lake Air Service fly?** Two aircraft types appear on Bearskin Lake Air Service's own metal in 2LNR's schedule data, reaching 13 airports, including De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 and De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100. The full list is on this page, with the nonstop routes each one operates and the recorded cabin configuration where there is one. Regional flying under the JV brand is counted as JV metal; flights JV markets but another airline operates are not. **Does 2LNR publish JV seat maps by aircraft type?** Not as static diagrams. 2LNR reads the LIVE seat map for a specific JV flight and date, which is a different thing from a stored cabin drawing: an aircraft swap shows up as a different map rather than a wrong one. If you want to browse a cabin layout for an aircraft you have not booked, a maintained seat-map library such as AeroLOPA is the right tool, and this page says so rather than pretending otherwise. **How do I see the seat map for my JV flight?** Add the flight to 2LNR and open it. Pro plans pull that departure's live seat map, score the open seats inside your own cabin, and mark paid seats as paid. 2LNR can then keep watching the map for a better seat, which is the part a static JV cabin diagram was never able to do. **Where does this JV fleet information come from?** From the schedules 2LNR collects continuously and uses to build its own route map: every aircraft listed here is one JV has filed against a nonstop route it operates, and the counts are the routes in that data. It is a picture of what is scheduled, not an aircraft register, so a type JV owns but is not currently scheduling will not appear. Route lengths are great-circle distances between the two airports rather than flown track miles. **What is the longest route Bearskin Lake Air Service flies?** Of the routes in 2LNR's schedule data, the longest JV operates on its own metal is Thunder Bay (YQT) to Sault Ste Marie (YAM), about 260 miles great-circle, flown on the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300. That is the distance between the two airports rather than the track the flight actually takes, and it is the routing rather than the aircraft that decides it: JV schedules more than one type on many of its routes. ## See the seats on your JV flight Free to start. Pro adds the live per-flight seat map and seat monitoring. [Get started free](https://2lnr.com/login) [See pricing](https://2lnr.com/pricing.md)