For the first time since 2001, Safford Regional Airport (KSAD) in Arizona, hosted a fly-in and Air Fair for the community — and it was an “overwhelming success,” according to airport officials.
Airport
A cure for an unnecessary headache
Install two cameras and call me in the morning.
ASA releases new book on managing FBOs
In the book author Dr. C. Daniel Prather “presents key considerations for FBO managers and prepares university-level students for this competitive business field,” according to ASA officials.
I hope they’re ready
It isn’t often that a new airport opens.
KMAO reopens with longer runway
The runway at Marion County Airport (KMAO) in South Carolina officially reopened Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, after a five-month repaving and extension project.
New airport opens in Texas
The land was previously a crop duster dirt airstrip in the 1970s, but has been abandoned for several decades, according to officials, who note this is the first airfield to open in Texas since 2008.
Inflight Aviation begins renovation of newly acquired FBO at KFCM
The six-acre facility, formerly operated by Elliott Aviation, signifies Inflight’s first foray into the Fixed Base Operation (FBO) sector, according to company officials.
Making Flying Great Again
Driving to the monthly airport breakfast, I pass a sign on the outskirts of Madisonville, Tennessee, proclaiming, “Monroe County Airport…Making Flying Great Again.”
Touch and go bans coming to an airport near you?
While it would’ve been nice for local governments to preserve space around airports decades ago to prevent such issues, they didn’t, so we have to deal with reality as it is, not as we wish it to be.