The City of Santa Monica has diverted airport funds, charged excessive and unreasonable landing fees, and denied leases on airport property, according to a new Part 16 complaint filed by a group that includes the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), and airport businesses and tenants. “With this filing we […]
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Lee Bottom prepares for 2016 fly-in
All airports are special. But privately-owned, publicly-available airports more so. And those that evoke the emotions of Indiana’s Lee Bottom Flying Field (64I) are truly unique. Lee Bottom co-owners, Ginger and Rich Davidson play host to the annual Aviation Migration Fly-In (Sept. 16-18, 2016 this year). To be ready, the non-sexy part of airports must be attended […]
EPIC adds Konect Aviation to FBO network
Konect Aviation at Oregon’s McMinnville Municipal Airport (KMMV) is the newest EPIC FBO Network location. As an EPIC branded location, Konect Aviation will accept the EPIC Card and will award Bravo Rewards points on all fueling purchases. Konect Aviation, which specializes in scenic tours, private charter and flight training (rotary and fixed wing) in the Willamette Valley, […]
Video: Charlotte leads in NextGen air traffic improvements
FAA officials note that North Carolina is leading the way to the next generation of air traffic control. NextGen procedures are helping flights operate more efficiently at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), as well as surrounding airports in North Carolina, South Carolina and southern Virginia. The Charlotte Metroplex project includes procedural changes at altitudes between 3,000 and […]
GA Caucus urges FAA to protect airports
Members of the General Aviation Caucus in the House of Representatives are urging the FAA to protect federally obligated airports, as well as expressing their support for a recent finding that Santa Monica Municipal Airport is obligated to remain open and operating at least until 2023. According to a report at AOPA.org, 40 House GA […]
University buys airport to bolster its aviation program
Liberty University purchased New London Airport for $1.8 million last week, with plans to bolster its aeronautics school and bring business to the Virginia airport, according to a report from the NewsAdvance.com.
Once down and out, KSMD now flying high
Slated for closure in 2003 but pardoned through the influence of pilots, nearby residents and historians, the future of Smith Field (KSMD) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is not only secure, but bright, according to a report in the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. The city’s first airport, once visited by such aviation pioneers Charles Lindbergh and Jimmy Doolittle, was […]
First phase of hangar development begins at KLVJ
PEARLAND, Texas — Western LLC, a real estate development and design-build firm, recently broke ground on Phase I of a new hangar development at Pearland Regional Airport (KLVJ). Texas Aviation Partners (TAP), the airport management team at KLVJ, partnered with Western to develop a strategic master plan for the airport. The master plan will be developed in […]
GA airports included in FAA’s Runway Incursion Mitigation Inventory
Several popular general aviation airports, as well as a number of other airfields across the country, may participate in a new FAA program that will provide funding for the mitigation of runway incursions at facilities that have complex or potentially confusing runway-taxiway geometry, according to a report from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA). In […]