Posted on July 18th, 2012 by The average annual cost difference between a contract ($537,000) and FAA ($2.025 million) tower is $1.488 million according to testimony from Calvin Scovel, DOT Inspector General at a House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing on July 18. Scovel’s numbers came from... Continue Reading →
New leadership for Greenville Airport Commission
Posted on July 18th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Harold Carey, Jr. has been elected chairman and Jonathon Giles has been elected vice chairman of the Greenville Airport Commission (GAC), owner and operator of the Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU), the busiest general aviation airport in South Carolina. The airport... Continue Reading →
Tailwheels Etc. flight school moves
Posted on July 16th, 2012 by Janice Wood
The Tailwheels Etc. Flight School has moved to new facilities at the Lakeland-Linder Regional Airport (LAL) in Lakeland Florida. Continue Reading →
Things are looking up at M08
Posted on July 10th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Revenues at the Hardeman County Airport (M08), also known as William L. Whitehurst Memorial Field, in Bolivar, Tennessee, are on the way up, according to figures for fuel sales and rents compiled after the county’s fiscal year ended June 30,... Continue Reading →
Minute Man Air Field slates GA Expo
Posted on July 10th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Minute Man Air Field (6B6) will hold its annual General Aviation (GA) EXPO and Open House Saturday, July 14, in celebration of 43 years, according to WickedLocal/Stow. Continue Reading →
Flabob Airport launches Flying Circus
Posted on June 24th, 2012 by Janice Wood
In a program designed to bring the origins of flight into modern day, Flabob Airport (RIR) in Riverside, Calif., will become the site for an Aerial Cavalcade Sept. 29. On that date, people will have the rare opportunity to see... Continue Reading →
BVS adds $86 million to local economy
Posted on June 21st, 2012 by Janice Wood
Skagit Regional Airport (BVS) in Washington state generates $85.9 million per year in economic impacts for the Skagit Valley, according to a new report issued by the Aviation Division of the Washington State Department of Transportation. Continue Reading →
Galt Airport on auction block
Posted on June 20th, 2012 by Janice Wood
A story in the Chicago Tribune reports that Galt Airport will go on the foreclosure auction block this week over a debt of $16 million. The story notes: “Galt has some quirky characteristics — including a cabin in which hangar... Continue Reading →
20N hosts art exhibit
Posted on June 19th, 2012 by Janice Wood
Kingston-Ulster Airport (20N) in Kingston, N.Y., is hosting an Aviation Photo & Art Exhibit until June 30. The exhibit features aerial photographs and aviation-inspired photos, art and sculpture beneath the arched ceiling of the airport’s 4,800-square-foot hangar. The art exhibit... Continue Reading →
New airport in the works
Posted on June 18th, 2012 by Janice Wood
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Oak Ridge is heading toward its next step in getting a general aviation airport on the west end of town. According to a report at OakRidger.com, the City Council voted unanimously to support creation of the... Continue Reading →
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