Mobil Bistcho Airport

Mobil Bistcho Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – TC LID: CFV3
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Forest Protection Division, High Level
Location		Mackenzie County, near Mobil Bistcho, Alberta
Elevation AMSL		2,000 ft / 610 m
Coordinates		59°29′N 119°01′W / 59.483°N 119.017°W / 59.483; -119.017Coordinates: 59°29′N 119°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	Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

Mobil Bistcho Airport, (TC LID: CFV3), is located near to Mobil Bistcho, Alberta, Canada.

It is located along the 31st baseline^{[clarification needed]} in Northern Alberta. Alberta Sustainable Resources, (formerly the Alberta Forest Service), maintains 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 20 October 2011 to 0901Z 15 December 2011
2. ^ Henry Grierson, Forest Officer, Alberta Forest Service, Rainbow Lake Ranger District, 1982-1985, posted at Mobil Bistcho numerous times in this period