West Wind Aviation calls for improvements to northern Saskatchewan airport – Globalnews.ca

Saskatoon-based West Wind Aviation is throwing its support behind a call by the chief of a northern Saskatchewan First Nation to improve the airport at Fond du Lac.

West Wind said lengthening the runway from 3,800 feet to 5,000 feet and widening it from 75 feet to 150 feet would allow the company to use larger aircraft to meet demand.

“If the runway were lengthened by just 1,200 feet and widened, it would greatly improve the ability for all carriers to serve these growing northern communities with larger aircraft needed to meet the demand,” Michael Rodyniuk, West Wind’s president and CEO, said Monday in a statement.

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