Folks,

Reports today from several sources. Only Western Canada 100LL fuel refinery at Edmonton had a quality issue with new (huge?) 100LL tank. So the refinery scratched (?) the whole batch. Hence, many places are running out of fuel--or do not have any 100LL period. One location reported Canada (?) purchased 500,000 gallons from U.S. to be trucked (?) up--but places are refusing it as they would have to charge upwards of $5.00 per liter (!!!) for that fuel to break even.

A user on my website, https://fly2ak.com is planning a trip up thru Canada this coming week. Fred W, spent a major portion of his day today compiling the info linked here on https://fly2ak.com/Fuel/CanadaFuel01.xlsx current fuel status. Please see attached info! And a HUGE--MAJOR--thank you to Fred!

Two different formats:

Apple Numbers: https://fly2ak.com/Fuel/CanadaFuel01.numbers

CSV file: https://fly2ak.com/Fuel/CanadaFuel01.csv

I see one of the FBO is out of fuel in Bellingham KBLI, and the other is restricting sales. Call ahead.

Yes, call ahead everywhere. It seems Shell dealers have a better supply but there's no guarantees. I just traveled from AK to Northern Alberta yesterday and it seems Yukon is largely unaffected. I think they get most of their fuel from Bellingham refineries shipped to Haines and trucked from there, so perhaps a different supply chain is the reason. In any case, fuel supply, smoke, and weather has made route choices tricky the past few days.

Edit:

I forgot to mention that as recent as two days ago I called and confirmed Atlin, Dease Lake, and Smithers all had fuel for anyone thinking of the Cassiar route. I’m pretty sure fuel at Atlin and Dease Lake is a new development this year - and very helpful on that route in case you can’t make Smithers to Whitehorse on one fuel load.

We are experiencing similar issues in the central Ontario area, the local seaplane FBO has been effected at two of their locations recently.

In Geraldton CYGQ (Northern Ontario) and they have Notam no avgas at the airport. There are 337 fire detection based here so maybe just restricted to their use. I'm burning government JetA so I'm good.

One of my buddies came through here a few days ago and must have got the last of it.