The rehabilitation of Taxiway A has been completed at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) as the second of two pavement improvement projects. Taxiway B improvements were previously finished last year after 14 months of work. The Taxiway A project cost $35.5 million and was fully executed ...
Aviation News
The New Mexico Spaceport Authority has completed the refunding of construction bonds in an effort to save $8.2 million in taxpayer funding for the development of Spaceport America. The high-interest bonds have been refinanced at a reduced annual interest rate of less than 0.8 percent ...
Pinal Airpark, an aircraft “boneyard” in Arizona, has become a prime location for sourcing cargo aircraft during the pandemic. While passenger airlines suffered, cargo airlines needed to expand their fleets to meet the rising demand fueled by the global uptick in online shopping. The Southwestern ...
Tiger Field Airport in Lyon County, Nevada has been acquired by an opportunity zone fund called GRASS from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. GRASS (Growth Resources, Assets, Safety, and Stability) focuses on the application of aviation technology and compliance and has officially renamed the ...
A simmering disagreement between a group of private hangar owners and airport management at Ogden Regional (OGD) has resulted in a lawsuit being filed against the airport by the owners. The suit centers around the terms of the ground leases on land where the hangars ...
The remote air traffic control tower at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL) in Fort Collins recently resumed testing as it proceeds through Phase II and final FAA certification in the next several years. Testing began in 2019 but was delayed due to the covid pandemic. ...
In May, Montana’s first aviation weather webcam went live on the FAA website, broadcasting live views of the sky from three directions at Lincoln Airport (S69) in Lincoln, MT. The images are updated every ten minutes and provide an excellent new tool for local and ...
ADVERTORIAL – A property consisting of two hangar-office buildings on an 11.2-acre leasehold at Spirit of St. Louis Airport (SUS) in St. Louis, Missouri, will be sold at auction on Friday, August 20, 2021, at 12:00 PM CDT. The auction will be conducted both onsite ...
As we discussed previously (HN, September 2019), the National Air Transport Association (NATA) has advocated for revisions to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) requirements for aircraft hangar fire protection systems to a risk-based approach. Existing standards are based on physical characteristics such as hangar ...
Beginning in August 2021, the WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (WSU Tech) will offer its first collegiate-level professional pilot program in the Wichita area. The two-year Part 141 training program will accommodate up to 15 students per year and provide an Associates of ...