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Fly In and Open House at Fairmont Airport Sept. 7
The Columbia Valley Airport Society is hosting a Fly In & Open House at Fairmont Airport on Sept. 7.
From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. visitors and aircraft from across Western Canada will be on hand with public information sharing and awareness of the airport facility, as well as fundraising for airport operations.
The event will feature tours or airplanes and the airport, a flight simulator (by donation), breakfast by donation to the Lake Windermere Lions Club, coffee/tea by donation to the Fairmont Lions Club, a 50/50 raffle, kids games, information booths including Angel Flight East Kootenay.
The Columbia Valley Airport Society (CVAS) is the volunteer governing body for the Fairmont Hot Springs public airport (CYCZ) in Fairmont Hot Springs. The society serves to ensure the airport remains operational as an essential service for the Columbia Valley area (Canal Flats to Spillimacheen).
The airport opened in 1986, has a 6,000-foot long by 100ft wide paved runway and is open year-round to landings from all aircraft, up to and including Boeing 737s. The public airport offers parking and refueling service and is manned during operating hours by volunteers who are also available on an on-call basis.
Columbia Valley Airport Society file photos
