Masset Airport

Airport in Masset, British Columbia

CZMT

Location in British Columbia

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	4,924	1,501	Asphalt

Helipads

Number	Length		Surface
Number	ft	m	Surface
Pad 1	57 × 69	187 × 226	Concrete
Pad 2	57 × 69	187 × 226	Concrete

Sources: Canada Flight Supplement^[1]

Masset Airport (IATA: ZMT, ICAO: CZMT) is located 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) northeast of Masset, British Columbia, Canada. In 2008, the airport began services using a Boeing 737 jet.^[2]

History

The airport was constructed in July 1943 as RCAF Station Masset. It was built by the RCAF's No. 9 Construction Maintenance Unit. The original landing strip was a perforated steel plate runway, which was built in a record breaking 14 days. At the end of World War II, RCAF Station Masset was surplus to requirements, so in 1945 it was mothballed.^[3]

CFS Masset, a radio relay station, was built adjacent to RCAF Station Masset in 1942.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air North	Seasonal: Vancouver
Pacific Coastal Airlines	Vancouver

Incidents and accidents

On 11 January 1995, a Canada Jet Charters Learjet 35 (registration C-GPUN) crashed into the water whilst performing an approach to Runway 12.^[4]^[5] Investigators concluded that the flight likely had its altimeter calibrated to the wrong pressure setting, causing it to descend too low whilst still far from the runway. The aircraft was performing an air ambulance flight from Vancouver to Masset. All five occupants on board the aircraft were killed.

References

^ Canada Flight Supplement. Effective 0901Z 16 July 2020 to 0901Z 10 September 2020.
^ archievideo35 (12 November 2008). "Landing at Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 17 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "RCAF Station Masset". 101 N I Squadron. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ "ASN Aircraft accident Learjet 35 C-GPUN Masset Airport, BC (ZMT)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
^ Government of Canada, Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1996-01-03). "Aviation Investigation Report A95P0004". www.tsb.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-28.