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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 / 59.47667°N 119.01111°W / 59.47667; -119.01111
Map
CFV3Location in Alberta
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 3,600 1,097 Turf
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 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.

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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