The 2015 International Aviation Art Contest is now underway. This year’s theme is “World Air Games.” Artists are encouraged to create a poster that captures the excitement of the FAI…
2014 Airport Operations & Land Use Seminar
STEVENS POINT, WIS. – More than 100 people, representing approximately 40 airports around Wisconsin, gathered in Stevens Point in late September for the annual Airport Operations & Land Use Seminar…
Airport Reference Points
by Hal Davis WisDOT Bureau of Aeronautics I like a good map. I like to know where I am, where I’m going and what’s around me. Whether in the air…
Circumnavigating Canada In A Skyhawk
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Jack Dekens got his Private Pilot Certificate at age 58 for one major purpose: he wanted to circumnavigate Canada. For Dekens, it was the ultimate cross-country flight…
Last Dash To Lone Rock!
LONE ROCK / SPRING GREEN, WIS. – With warnings of an earlier winter freeze in the forecast, aircraft flew in and out of Tri-County Regional Airport in Spring Green, Wisconsin,…
Morey & Teitell Complete Capital Air Tour As Planned
MEDFORD, OREGON – Field Morey, an FAA-Certified Flight Instructor from Medford, Oregon, with roots in Wisconsin, and Conrad Teitell of Greenwich, Connecticut, an attorney with Cummings & Lockwood, successfully flew…
GA Groups Oppose U.S. Senate Bill That Would Close Missouri’s St. Clair Regional Airport
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The presidents of the Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (AOPA), General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and National Air Transportation Association (NATA) have…
Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport Expands GA Services… Features Airport Restaurant!
BRAINERD, MINN. – Located on the south bank of the Mississippi River approximately 2.5 miles east of Brainerd, Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (KBRD) encompasses 2,567 acres of hills, forests and…
Park Rapids Municipal Airport – Konshok Field Opens New Crosswind Runway
PARK RAPIDS, MINN. – Park Rapids Municipal Airport – Konshok Field has replaced its turf crosswind runway (Runway 36-18) with a new 75 X 3,500 ft paved and lighted runway,…
Appleton Airport Continues Expanding…. New Ramp To Increase Hard-Surface Parking For EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, & Year-Round Business & Tourism
APPLETON, WIS. – If you are one of the growing number of pilots who fly to Outagamie County Regional Airport in Appleton, Wisconsin, for EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, you – and…