The Las Cruces City Council has recently adopted a unanimous resolution to authorize submission of a $3.5 million grant application to the New Mexico Department of Transportation’s Aviation Division. The grant is designed to bolster the effort to create intrastate air service between Las Cruces ...
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We first notified readers in September of the upcoming closure of the runway at Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) in Jackson, Wyoming, for reconstruction and here we provide an update on the 3-Phase project. Phase 1 was completed in October and included the installation of drainage, ...
The court battle between Ogden-Hinckley Airport (OGD) and the Ogden Regional Airport Association heated up a notch in November when attorneys for Ogden City filed two documents with the court – one requesting the court to rule immediately on the city’s motion to dismiss the ...
On December 30, 2021, the wind-whipped Marshall fire tore through several suburban communities northwest of Denver. Two people died as the fire raced through 6,000 acres of bone-dry vegetation and more than 1,000 homes were destroyed. Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (BJC) sits less than two ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has announced receipt of UNESCO’s 2021 Prix Versailles best new airport in the world award for Laguardia Airport’s (LGA) redeveloped Terminal B. According to UNESCO, LGA’s Terminal B was selected because it demonstrated innovation, creativity, a ...
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP) recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of a new high-tail aircraft hangar. The 19,000-square-foot hangar is owned by Aviation Technologies, Inc. and is labeled “Hangar #6.” The project is the latest advancement in the airport’s master plan. Rise ...
The FAA has granted authority to the New York UAS Test Site and NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance) to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across 35 miles of airspace. The airspace is within New York’s 50-mile drone ...
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) is the third-largest recognized tribe in the U.S. with more than 200,000 members living in every state and in all walks of life. Only about 85,000 actually reside in the tribal lands in 11 southeastern Oklahoma counties. Because of ...
As most readers know, laser strikes on aircraft are highly hazardous to pilots and flight operations. In recent years, such incidents have been on the rise and are illegal at the federal level, punishable by fines, imprisonment, or both. Many but not all states also ...
Cutter Aviation, the oldest continually family-owned and operated FBO network in the country and well-known for its aviation sales and services, has acquired AeroJet FBO at Georgetown Municipal Airport (GTU) in Georgetown, Texas. The acquisition is Cutter’s fifth FBO location, marking its first in the ...