STOL to ISC
Hi Michael
42,000 hrs!!! About three times what I retired with. As he said, "four to five flights a day, 220 days a year, 35 years....."
My first wrong assumption was about Vancouver weather. I had in mind ice and snow for several months. What you have sounds not unlike the weather here in the SW of the UK. Usually good summer, mist and drizzle in the winter.
I had it in mind that the Twin Otters might have an IFR cloud-break procedure to bring them out over the harbour if the cloud-base was not too low. However, diversion to an airfield for an ILS would obviously pose a few problems. Be interested to hear about the S76 IFR ops, what sort of approaches they do.
I had a further look at Google maps and it really does appear well-organised there. Custom-built heliports and sea-plane docks at either end and seemingly just where they're needed should be a pointer to many other cities