During the 1944–45 winter of World War II, the Canadian military held an exercise called the Polar Bear Expedition, which trained troops to operate in extreme cold.

[10] The next year, the government gave 70.93 hectares (175 acres) of Crown land (then in use for the airstrip or available for future expansion) to the regional district.

However, the limited storage of the gas station style fuel system was inadequate to handle the twice daily Wilderness Airlines flights.

[13] In 1991, about 910 litres; 240 US gallons (200 imp gal) of jet-B fuel spilled from a tanker into a ditch one mile west.

[14] In 1991, a DOT inspection discovered a series of safety deficiencies, prompting a threat to revoke the airport licence.

[19] In 2010, the airport received funding for paving about 210 metres (700 ft) of existing gravel runway, which enabled safer winter landings and increased passenger carrying capacity year-round.

[29] The goals set for that year included an apron expansion, better drainage, and installing solar panels on the terminal building.