The Canadian Rockies International Airport is the latest property placed on an evacuation alert due to the St. Mary Wildfire.
The BC Wildfire Service recommended that the City of Cranbrook-owned properties and leased areas at the airport were to be placed under the alert.
“The airport being within the evacuation alert area is positive as the community here will be prepared to act accordingly if needed. This change of status, capturing YXC within the alert area will not impact flights as all required staffing and operational needs continue while on alert,” says Tristen Chernove, Airport Manager, Canadian Rockies International Airport.
“As we’ve seen, flight cancellations can occur due to smoke, but most flights have been operating and we expect on-time scheduled flights to be continuing.”
Passengers will be contacted by their carrier if any cancellations or schedule changes do occur.
At the time of writing, most flights are showing on time as per the schedule.
