Mobil Bistcho Airport

Mobil Bistcho Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAlberta Environment and Parks, Forestry and Emergency Response Division, High Level
LocationMackenzie County, near Bistcho Lake
Time zoneMST (UTC−07:00)
 • Summer (DST)MDT (UTC−06:00)
Elevation AMSL2,000 ft / 610 m
Coordinates59°28′36″N 119°00′40″W / 59.47667°N 119.01111°W / 59.47667; -119.01111
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CFV3 is located in Alberta
CFV3
CFV3
Location in Alberta
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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[clarification needed] in Northern Alberta. Alberta Environment and Parks, 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 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
  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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