Mobil Bistcho Airport

Mobil Bistcho Airport
Mobil Bistcho Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; TC 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
Map
	CFV3 Location in Alberta
Runways
	Source: Canada Flight Supplement

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 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

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ 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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[CFS-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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