Archives: February/March 2022

He Flew For Elvis & Now They Fly With You!

by Dave Weiman Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue If you are fortunate to own a corporate jet, airliner, or warbird, chances are you realize the economics – and sometimes the need – to “repair,” rather than … Continue reading

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Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, Atchison, Kansas, Now Open!

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue When visiting the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum and the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, Kansas, you’ll go back in time when the famous aviatrix dreamt of setting world records! The … Continue reading

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MidAmerica St. Louis Airport Celebrates New Milestone As Passenger Traffic For 2021 Tops 320,000 New Record High Number of Travelers Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Highs of 2019

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue MASCOUTAH, ILL – MidAmerica St. Louis Airport has announced that passenger traffic through the airport during 2021 increased to a total of 320,000 travelers, a new annual record high for the … Continue reading

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Belt Announces $5 Million Investment For St. Louis Downtown Airport

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS/SAUGET, ILL. – St. Louis Downtown Airport will receive $5 million in funding to benefit aircraft maintenance providers and support more than 450 high-tech aerospace manufacturing jobs at the airport, … Continue reading

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Latest IDOT Study Reveals St. Louis Downtown Airport Contributes $422 Million In Economic Impact To The Bi-State St. Louis Region

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue CAHOKIA HEIGHTS/SAUGET, ILL. – St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS), an FAA-designated reliever airport in St. Clair County, Illinois, shared the results of a newly released study which found that the airport … Continue reading

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Economic Impact Analysis For Airports: A Primer On Measuring The Economic Contributions of Airports

by Aaron Gruen, Debra Jeans, and Andrew Ratchford Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Iissue PURPOSE OF ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS The common purpose of any economic impact analysis is to quantify the total impact of a change in … Continue reading

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Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering 2022

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue The Minnesota Pilots Association (MPA) will be holding its annual “Great Minnesota Aviation Gathering” (GMAG) at the Buffalo, Minnesota airport, Friday, May 20, 2022, and Saturday, May 21, 2022. As part … Continue reading

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New Fixed-Base Operator At Anoka County-Blaine Airport

Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue BLAINE, MINN – Atlantic Aviation is the newest fixed-base operator at Anoka County-Blaine Airport (ANE). Atlantic announced its acquisition of Lynx FBO Network, the former service provider at ANE. Atlantic is … Continue reading

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AWOS: THE WIND OF CHANGE

by John B. Dalton MnDOT Statewide Navigation Systems Engineer Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue It’s 5 AM, and you’re beginning to hear the birds calling in the beautiful day as you sit outdoors sipping your morning … Continue reading

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Wisconsin Airport Changes

by Hal Davis WisDOT – Bureau of Aeronautics Published In Midwest Flyer Magazine February/March 2022 Online Issue The holidays may be over, but it’s not too late for one last gift to Wisconsin aviators. It’s a new public-use airport! Sullivan … Continue reading

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