Pemberton Regional Airport is a registered

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located south southeast of

Pemberton, British Columbia Pemberton is a village municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. This Pemberton Valley community is on the southwest shore of the Lillooet River and northeast shore of Pemberton Creek. On BC Highway 99, the ...

, Canada. Canadians and a few US pilots practiced landing here, to train for

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, Afghanistan.

Facilities

There is an

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, but there are no lights, towers or navigational assistance. The runway is not always plowed in winter. There is

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fuel and

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accessible 24/7 via a card lock system facilitated by Blackcomb Aviation.

Pemberton Regional Airport Authority

Began by the Pemberton Flying Club circa 1970. Oral history states it was based on a post war " back of the envelope" design by Boeing himself. The airport land was a Federal Crown Grant to the town in 1985. The Pemberton Airport Committee underwent several more incarnations before finally being incorporated under the British Columbia Society Act, in 2007 as Pemberton Regional Airport Authority or PRAA. As with all non-profit societies, all funds and/or profits must be used only for the society.

Tenants and resident airlines

* Coast Range Heliskiing Ltd * Blackcomb Aviation * Tyax Adventures. Winter December–May – Ski plane: wheels and skis for landing on a hard surface runway or snow and ice. * BCFS Fire Attack Base

References

External links

*
Page about this airport
on COPA's ''Places to Fly'' airport directory * http://www.metcam.navcanada.ca/hb/player.jsp?id=64&cam=148&lang=e * {{authority control Registered aerodromes in British Columbia Pemberton Valley Squamish-Lillooet Regional District