Mike Zubko Airport - Climate Change Vulnerability Asssessment

BGC Engineering Inc. (BGC) was retained by Transport Canada (TC) to carry out an assessment of northern airports and their vulnerability to climate change. The assessment follows a standardized protocol prepared by the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) of Engineers Canada. As part of this work a climate change vulnerability assessment was carried out for Inuvik’s Mike Zubko Airport located in the continuous permafrost zone of the Northwest Territories in Canada. The assessment looked at a 30-year projected trend in climate conditions for the Inuvik region, which are based on historic data and climate projections using climate models.