Prince George International Airport

PR INCE GEORGE INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT 33 to its current length of 11,450 feet, with the addition of CAT1 ILS high intensity lighting and CAT2 centerline LED lighting. Now, with the fourth longest runway in Canada and a new cargo apron, Prince George is able to land the largest wide body commercial aircrafts in operation. “We have invested over $16 million in the two last years on rehabilitating runways and aprons,” Gibson reports. “We rehabilitated our secondary runway 06-24 about four years ago, and we relit it. This year, we rehabilitated runway 01-19, which acts mainly as a taxiway. We rehabilitated aprons three and four, this year; apron one, last year. We expanded our long-term parking lot to meet the needs of our airlines and passengers. We added an elevator from the parking lot to the terminal, upgraded the Wi-Fi, and added a restaurant to the departure lounge.” In addition, 47,000 square feet of space was added to baggage, cargo, customs, and international arrivals areas in 2004/05. About five years ago, the Airport developed an into-plane fueling business with the construction of a 158,500-US Gallon, common fuel storage facility, in order to help bring down the price of fuel. In 2015, the Prince George Airport Authority constructed and opened a 25,000-sq.-ft. cargo warehouse. New check-in counters in the Airport’s terminal will be installed this fall, and future plans include the terminal’s expansion. “We’re at the point where our terminal building is reaching its max,” says Gibson. “We have a plan laid out to grow the building in module components based on the growth of the traffic in the region. We’re probably two or three years away from having to put the shovel in the ground for that. And, I think, based on work we’re trying to do with various large air cargo carriers, there may be a requirement to expand our cargo