Puntzi Mountain Airport
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Puntzi Mountain Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is located Template:Convert west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.
History
The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time. 13 D8 bulldozers were on site to keep the runway graded and, in winter, cleared of snow. 100 American servicemen and a few Canadian servicemen, some with families, staffed the base at Puntzi, which also hired local Tsilhqot'in people.[1]