Campbell River Airport To Receive Funding For New 4 X 4 Plow

Christmas is coming early for the Campbell River Airport.

On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, the Federal government announced more than $12-million dollars in new funding for projects at eight airports in British Columbia.

The money will be used for essential services like community resupply, air ambulance, search and rescue, and forest fire response.

The Campbell River Airport is getting more than a half a million dollars for the purchase of a new 4 x 4 plow.

The equipment in Campbell River - along with similar equipment for airports in Nanaimo, Quesnel, and Tofino-Long Beach – will be used in maintaining runways and taxi areas, and for the removal and control of ice and snow from airside surfaces such as runways, taxiways and the apron.

The airports receiving funding are:

Bella Bella Campbell Island Airport

• to improve Runway 13-31 end safety area - $5,527,913

Campbell River Airport

• to purchase a 4 x 4 plow truck - $558,375

Castlegar, West Kootenay Regional Airport

• to rehabilitate and expand the taxiway and Apron 5 - $2,359,820

Kamloops Airport

• to rehabilitate Apron 1 - $2,091,362

Nanaimo Airport

• to purchase a loader - $346,860

Quesnel Regional Airport

• to purchase a sweeper - $491,500

Terrace-Kitimat, Northwest Regional Airport

• to replace omni-directional approach lights on Runway 15 - $108,599

Tofino-Long Beach Airport

• to purchase a loader - $533,631