Penticton Air Tanker Base (Penticton)
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One of several air tanker bases throughout BC managed by Wildfire Management Branch of BC Ministry of Forests.
In recent years a Lockheed Electra L-188 "Longliner" air tanker and a Turbo Commander 690 bird dog from Air Spray Aviation Services have been based here. www.airspray.com/flight-operations/
(the two photos are of a demonstration drop by the Longliner at Kamloops Airport during the BC Forest Service Wildfire Branch Centennial celebration on June 15, 2012. The air tankers normally based at Kamloops had been sent to fight wildfires in Colorado and were therefore unavailable, so the Longliner was brought in from Penticton for the demo.)
One of several air tanker bases throughout BC managed by Wildfire Management Branch of BC Ministry of Forests.
In recent years a Lockheed Electra L-188 "Longliner" air tanker and a Turbo Commander 690 bird dog from Air Spray Aviation Services have been based here. www.airspray.com/flight-operations/
(the two photos are of a demonstration drop by the Longliner at Kamloops Airport during the BC Forest Service Wildfire Branch Centennial celebration on June 15, 2012. The air tankers normally based at Kamloops had been sent to fight wildfires in Colorado and were therefore unavailable, so the Longliner was brought in from Penticton for the demo.)
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°28'4"N 119°36'15"W
- Abbotsford International Airport 208 km
- Vancouver International Airport - (YVR/CYVR) 263 km
- Calgary International Airport - YYC 438 km
- Lethbridge Airport (YQL) 490 km
- Red Deer Regional Airport 502 km
- Prince George Regional Airport 538 km
- YEG Runway 02/20 599 km
- Edmonton International Airport - YEG 599 km
- Grande Prairie Airport (YQU) 639 km
- Swan Hills Airport 646 km
- Skaha Bluffs 4 km
- Mid Skaha Lake 7.6 km
- Kettle Valley Rail Trail- Naramata Subdivision 18 km
- Penticton To Rattlesnake Island via kayak 18 km
- Apex ski resort 24 km
- Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park 29 km
- 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire 31 km
- Darke Lake Provincial Park 34 km
- Eneas Lakes Provincial Park 40 km
- Okanagan Lake 51 km