Mobil Bistcho Airport

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

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
Map
CFV3
Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,600 1,097 Turf

It is located along the 31st baseline 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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