Improvements to update the runway and install lighting at the Drumheller Municipal Airport has been completed and the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) regarding night flights has been lifted. However, although runway lights are operational, the windsock light is not and pilots are to continue using their instruments for weather data at this time. With the NOTAM lifted, night flights can resume at the airport, which will allow alternative transportation for medical patients in and out of the Drumheller valley. Dr. Rithesh Ram of Riverside Medical says the addition of lighting at the airport will allow doctors to stabilize patients at the Drumheller Health Centre “with the confidence that they will be able to get to a tertiary care centre within an appropriate timeframe.”
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