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Puntzi Mountain Airport

Puntzi Mountain Airport is located west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.

History

The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a radar station of the Pinetree Line. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time. Thirteen Caterpillar D8 bulldozers were on site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. There were 100 American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqotʼin people.

An automatic weather station has been in operation at the airport since March 1993.

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