HI – As part of President Joe Biden’s new bipartisan infrastructure law, Hawaii anticipates receiving $250 million in public airport funding over the next five years. The allocation of this funding over five years also allows airports eligible under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to ...
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CA – According to officials, the Livermore Municipal Airport’s development policy has been temporarily suspended amid plans to create new regulations that will better align development procedures with city requirements and industry standards. According to city staff, the existing policy has “insufficient language that does ...
CA – Threshold Aviation Group, an aviation services provider based at California’s Chino Airport (KCNO), has acquired an additional 50,000 square foot hangar from San Bernardino County. The newly leased structure, originally built to house military transports, is Threshold’s fourth hangar of that size on ...
OR – Hillsboro Aviation has become the first FBO in Oregon, US to supply Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), following its partnership with Avfuel Corporation and Neste. The FBO, based at Portland-Hillsboro Airport, received its first delivery of 8,000 gallons of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel ...
CA – After drone sightings and even reports of a man flying in a jetpack around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the federal government is rolling out new tech that could better detect objects entering restricted airspace. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that is ...
CA – Los Angeles transportation officials expect drone-like electric air taxis to be operational in time for the 2028 Summer Olympics or sooner. Several companies are scouting out parking lots and high-rise buildings to develop vertiports, allowing for the new technology of air taxis and ...
CA – California has been experiencing a rise in business aviation. ACI Jet, a Southern California business aviation solutions provider, is reporting a significant positive swing in recent years. Charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) is also seeing an increase in the private charter business, ...
CA – After several years of neglect, New Cuyama Airport in California’s high desert will get a second chance at life after residents, pilots, and volunteers decided it was worth saving. While other airports have faced closure threats within California, New Cuyama Airport had the ...
WA – The City of Davenport recently completed a nearly $6 million reconstruction project at the Davenport Municipal Airport to meet the growing air traffic at the facility. From the start of the project, the airport has almost tripled its number of hangars to 16 ...
CA – The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners took action to accelerate the transition away from leaded aviation fuel at Van Nuys Airport (VNY). Signature Flight Support is positioned to become the first fixed-based operator at VNY to offer unleaded piston-powered aircraft fuel. The ...