Published Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 The Airport Rates & Charges Report for calendar year 2015 is now available. Each year, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Aeronautics surveys…
Category: Airports
FAA Publishes Final Hangar Storage Rule
by Hal Davis Airport Compliance Manager – WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Published in Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 What you can and can’t keep in a hangar tends to be…
Airport Lounge Pays Homage To Rolling Stones 1972 “Tequila Sunrise Tour”
QUEENS, N.Y – A one-of-a-kind, 1,500-square-foot airplane replica, with real steel and other parts from actual aircraft, was recently installed in the world-class retail lounge of John F. Kennedy International…
Runway Safety Improvements Soar To Heights In Engineering Excellence
Published in Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 issue MILWAUKEE, WIS. – The airfield safety improvement projects at General Mitchell International Airport (GMIA) earned an Engineering Excellence Award from the American…
A Final Salute To Joshua Sanford Field, Hillsboro, Wisconsin
by Phil Peterson Published in Midwest Flyer – Aug/Sept 2016 issue HILLSBORO, WIS. – Round barns and long runways used to symbolize the quaint community of Hillsboro, Wis., located in…
AN IDEA WORTH SHARING Starting A Hamburger Social At Your Airport
by John P. Chmiel, Manager Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) – President, Wausau Flying Service Wausau, Wisconsin Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – Aug/Sept 2016 When we first came up with…
Memories Made… Memories To Come! The Log Cabin Airport Fly-In, Mondovi, Wis.
by Dave Weiman Midwest Flyer Magazine So often, we publish articles after an event, reporting on what happened and who participated. That’s all well and good, provides interesting stories, ample…
Think About Your General Aviation Airport!
The value that General Aviation (GA) brings to your community, state and this nation is tremendous. Every community with a GA airport has an asset that brings significant value to…
Annual Airport Construction Update
by Hal Davis Airport Compliance Manager WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics Last year marked another successfully year of improvement projects at Wisconsin airports. In total in 2015, we funded more than…
Schweiss Sells Doors To Owner of Multiple Hangars
HECTOR, MINN. – Schweiss Doors has supplied 13 bifold doors already with 22 more on the way to hangar owners of the growing Pegasus Airpark project in Arizona. “We went…
Car2go Now At Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
ST. PAUL, MINN. – Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) has partnered with car2go, the largest and fastest-growing car-sharing program in the world. MSP’s car2go operation is located at Terminal 2–Humphrey….
Wittman Regional Airport To Welcome Attendees To The 61st Annual Wisconsin Aviation Conference
Wittman Regional Airport (OSH) in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is the host airport for the 61st annual Wisconsin Aviation Conference to be held May 2-4, 2016 at the Best Western Premier Waterfront…
NorthPoint Aviation… The FBO At Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport
BRAINERD, MINN. – The staff at NorthPoint Aviation at Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) will be welcoming aircraft, crew and their passengers to the upcoming “Minnesota Airports Conference,” April 20-22,…
Going Green Is A Win-Win!
It is now commonplace for businesses and industries to seek out new and different technologies that provide or produce greater efficiencies and lower costs. This saves the company money, while…