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Bella Bella (Campbell Island) Airport, known by its Transport Canada identifier CBBC, sits on Campbell Island just northwest of the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella on British Columbia's Central Coast. It is a modest single-runway strip that serves as a scheduled and charter air hub for the region and as a useful daylight rest and refuel stop for pilots transiting between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Bella Bella (Campbell Island) Airport is a public aerodrome on Campbell Island, operated by the Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation, serving the community of Bella Bella on British Columbia's remote Central Coast. It functions as a regional air hub linking the area to Vancouver, Klemtu and Port Hardy, and is often used as a halfway stop by pilots flying light aircraft between Seattle and Alaska, making it a practical and characterful destination for a VFR sim pilot exploring the BC coast.
The airport lies on Campbell Island, about 1 nautical mile northwest of the village of Bella Bella, on the remote Central Coast of British Columbia. It is connected to the village by paved road. The field is a certified airport and is coordinated with Pacific Radio for flight information and traffic advisory purposes rather than sitting under a control tower.
CBBC has a single hard-surfaced runway, 13/31, measuring 3,675 feet in length.
Traffic in the vicinity should monitor the Aerodrome Traffic Frequency 122.8 MHz, used as Bella Bella Traffic, applicable within 5 nautical miles and below 3200 feet ASL. A flight service station frequency of 131.05 MHz (Wag Fuel) is also listed. Pacific Radio provides remote communications outlet coverage on 123.475 MHz for flight information service en route (FISE), and broadcasts on 126.7 MHz. GPS and NDB approaches are available for instrument-equipped traffic; there is no ILS.
Only daylight operations are permitted at Bella Bella. Pilots should call Bella Bella Traffic on 122.8 MHz when within 5 nautical miles and below 3200 feet ASL to coordinate joining and circuit traffic, as there is no control tower at the field.
The airport is readily identified by its position on Campbell Island, about 1 nautical mile northwest of the village of Bella Bella, with the paved access road linking the two serving as a useful ground reference for pilots inbound from the south or east.
The airport serves the Heiltsuk community of Bella Bella and is operated by the Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation. It has developed into a hub of sorts for the Central Coast, with scheduled flights linking Bella Bella to Klemtu, Port Hardy and Vancouver, supplemented in summer by additional flights supporting tourist and commercial operations in the area. Its position has also made it a recognised halfway point for small aircraft flying between Seattle, Washington, and Alaska, offering pilots a rest and refuel stop along that route.
Pacific Coastal Airlines operates scheduled service to Vancouver and charter flights to Klemtu and Port Hardy from Bella Bella. The airport continues to support both community air links and general aviation traffic transiting the coast, with GPS and NDB approaches available for instrument flying, though operations are restricted to daylight hours only.
