Category: Airports
North Dakota Aeronautics Director Meets With FAA Administrator To Secure Airport Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – North Dakota Aeronautics Director Larry Taborsky, State Airport Planner Kyle Wanner, and Henry Ogrodzinski, president of the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO), met with FAA…
States/Airports To Pick Up Slack For FAA
KANSAS CITY, MO. – Regional airport conferences, sponsored by the FAA regional offices, are popular among state airport officials and airport managers, but with the federal sequestration budget cuts, the…
Airport Construction In Wisconsin
by Hal Davis Airport Compliance Manager The old joke is that Wisconsin has two seasons, winter and construction! Aviators know that the construction season isn’t limited to the highways. Every…
Airport Management Acts Fast To Save Loon Despite Seminar Lessons
EAGLE RIVER, WIS. – One day in May 2013, Eagle River Union Airport manager, Rob Hom, was attending a seminar at the Wisconsin Aviation Conference in Middleton, Wis., to learn…
EAA’s Beginnings… Curtiss-Wright Field/Timmerman Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
by Harold Mester It was the golden days of aviation: A time when fuel was inexpensive and pilots would take to the skies to relax, have some fun, get a…
St. Cloud, Brainerd, Albert Lea, Blue Earth & Leqve Recognized At Minnesota Airports Conference
ALEXANDRIA, MINN. – Since 1988, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Minnesota DOT Office of Aeronautics have partnered in recognizing airports for their accomplishments in airport management, vision and…
Proposed Changes For Gary Airport Authority
GARY, INDIANA – The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority may consider fighting a proposed state Senate bill that would take away majority control from the City of Gary by creating five…
New Category II Approach For Dane County Regional Airport
MADISON, WIS. – A new Category II instrument landing system (ILS) is the cornerstone of a $9.6 million multi-year project to reduce minimums at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison,…
Lenss Named Airport Director At Rochester
APPLETON, WIS. – Outagamie County Regional Airport Director, Martin Lenss, has accepted a position at Rochester International Airport in Minnesota. He will step down from his current position at Outagamie…