Listen Live
Listen Live
Listen Live

  2020 was a quiet year out at the Quesnel Airport.

   Transportation Manager John Pucek says airport movements were down 42 percent compared to the previous year, and passenger traffic dropped off by 81 percent.
   Looking at the actual numbers, there were 2,805 movements in 2020, compared to 4,896 in 2019.
   And there 2,831 passengers last year, down from 14,706.
   Pucek says a lot of that was due to the fact that Central Mountain Air shut down passenger service in April.
   He says there was a lot less wildfire activity last year as well, although Pucek says forestry has doubled its base at the airport.
   One type of flight was actually up slightly in 2020 as Pucek says Medevac flights went from 115 in 2019 to 117 last year.

Continue Reading

ckbx Now playing play

cffm Now playing play

ckcq Now playing play

- Advertisement -

Related Articles

- Advertisement -

Latest News

Cariboo can expect a seasonal normal cooler temperatures and rain in first week of November

Envrionment Canada's forecast is predicting cloudy days with some rain during the first week of the new month with cooler nights. But meteorologists say that that's the seasonal norms for November in the Cariboo.

MLAs and stakeholders trying to find a way to revitalize railway corridor

MLAs across the province's regions met for a round table during September's UBCM conference in Victoria to gather ideas on a potential revitalization of the rail corridor between Squamish and 100 Mile House. There is another meeting set for November 26.

Clocks “fall back” an hour this weekend as daylight time ends

Clocks are set to “fall back” across much of Canada this weekend, as daylight time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. The post Clocks “fall back” an hour this weekend as daylight time ends appeared first on AM 1150.

KIJHL Weeks 5 & 6: Quesnel wins one while away; Mustangs clean sweep; and the Wranglers tumble again

Week 5 and 6 in the KIJHL have wrapped up. Here is how the games played out.

Investigation underway into the death of a Quesnel man

 The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) is looking into the death of a Quesnel man.
- Advertisement -