“We deserve timely access to high-quality healthcare, regardless of where we live. In the Columbia Valley, it is difficult to overstate the importance of the Fairmont Airport, which provides the region’s only 24-hour airport capable of supporting fixed-wing air ambulance services and helps ensure that when critically ill patients need specialized care most, distance is less of a barrier.”
Dr. Gareth Mannheimer, Invermere Medical Clinic
The Fairmont Airport is perfectly situated between Columbia Lake & Lake Windermere enabling BC Wildfire aviation equipment to quickly grab water and respond to fires.We’ve been lucky in the Columbia Valley to have helicopters and skimmers stationed at Fairmont over the years as they are not restricted by commercial traffic and can respond quickly to fires nearby or elsewhere in the Kootenays.
Susan Clovechok, RDEK Area F Director
“On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being important the airport would be a 50.”
Dr. William Brown, Chisel Peak Medical Clinic