Mobil Bistcho Airport

Mobil Bistcho Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CFV3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Alberta Forestry and Parks, Forest Operations Branch, 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°29′N119°01′W / 59.483°N 119.017°W / 59.483; -119.017
Map
CFV3 Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,600 1,097 Grass
Source: Canada Flight Supplement [1]

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. The Alberta Forestry and Parks, Forest Operations Branch, 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