Idaho Division of Aeronautics Approaching One Year Anniversary of New Office/Hangar

Photo above – the current fleet of the Division of Aeronautics sits in front of the new office/hangar facility at the Boise Airport.

This coming February, the Idaho Transportation Department’s Division of Aeronautics will have spent a year in their new facility at the Boise Airport.

The Division’s move was the first step in the Boise Airport’s long term expansion plan, and as a result the City of Boise built the new facility. “Our old office and hangar location will be demolished to make way for the airport to move the employee and rental car parking,” noted Jeff Marker, Administrator for the Division. “That move then opens space for development of a new concourse.”

*Division of Aeronautics staff pose in front of the facility prior to its completion.*

The new $4.7M facility, which has a hangar twice the size of the previous building, will cost the state $1 per year until 2025, at which point they will begin paying a set rent until 2035. The rent then will go to market rates. In addition, the new facility is a green building.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.