By CKPG Today

Airport funding

YXS to share in Victoria’s multi-million Air Access Program

Jun 25, 2025 | 11:05 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — The provincial government is providing $469,480 in funding to improve runway lighting at Prince George Airport.

It’s part of $6.2 million the government is investing in regional airports province-wide through its Air Access Program.

“Through the B.C. Air Access Program, we’re supporting upgrades to airports that will improve access for vital communities across our province,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Transportation and Transit. “These improvements to our rural and regional airports will help keep British Columbians connected and our economy on the move.”

According to the provincial government, B.C. is home to more than 300 public airports, heliports and water aerodromes.

The program is open to facilities that serve fewer than one million passengers per year. BCAAP has an open intake for all eligible applicants every year throughout November and December.

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Air facilities in the following communities have received funding through the BC Air Access Program for 2025-26:

* 100 Mile House – $14,401 for runway safety improvements

* Alert Bay – $35,000 for a facility master plan

* Burns Lake – $802,297 for a fuel system upgrade

* Comox – $2 million to expand the runway apron

* Courtenay – $66,300 to rehabilitate the taxiway and runway

* Dawson Creek – $90,153 to repair airfield lighting

* Fairmont Hot Springs – $48,688 to upgrade weather monitoring

* Fort St. James – $310,727 for wildlife-exclusion fencing

* Mackenzie – $46,269 to install motorized gates and upgrade terminal doors

* Masset – $392,883 to replace a refueller truck

* Nanaimo – $74,630 for a lighting and electrical upgrade

* Prince George – $469,480 to upgrade runway lighting

* Smithers – $35,000 for a facility master plan

* Tipella – $1.2 million to build a permanent heliport

* Williams Lake – $233,127 to replace fuel-dispensing cabinets