Mobil Bistcho Airport

Mobil Bistcho Airport
IATA: noneICAO: noneTC LID: CFV3
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator AESRD, Forestry and Emergency Response Division, High Level
Location Mackenzie County, near Bistcho Lake
Time zone MST (UTC−07:00)
  Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL 2,000 ft / 610 m
Coordinates 59°28′36″N 119°00′40″W / 59.47667°N 119.01111°W / 59.47667; -119.01111Coordinates: 59°28′36″N 119°00′40″W / 59.47667°N 119.01111°W / 59.47667; -119.01111
Map
CFV3

Location in Alberta

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,600 1,097 Turf

Mobil Bistcho Airport, (TC LID: CFV3), is located south of Bistcho Lake, Alberta, Canada.

It is located along the 31st baseline in Northern Alberta. The Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Forestry and Emergency Response Division, High Level, operates the airstrip and maintains a remote forward basecamp and fuel cache for staging wildland firefighting operations out of. This camp contains tent frames and a kitchen area. Wildland firefighting crews are regularly posted here on a temporary basis, when the fire hazard gets high and forest fire starts are anticipated.[2]

References

  1. Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 15 September 2016 to 0901Z 10 November 2016
  2. Henry Grierson, Forest Officer, Alberta Forest Service, Rainbow Lake Ranger District, 1982-1985, posted at Mobil Bistcho numerous times in this period


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