Mobil Bistcho Airport

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

Mobil Bistcho Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none TC LID: CFV3
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Alberta Environment and Parks, 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
Map
CFV3 Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,600 1,097 Turf
Source: Canada Flight Supplement[1]

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