While the entire general aviation industry supports, and is actively pushing toward, an unleaded fuel future, it is deeply concerned with a rash decision by Santa Clara (Calif.) County to ban the sale of 100LL as of January 1, 2022. This move will leave piston-engine aircraft at the airports with no fuel option approved for […]
Month: December 2021
WSDOT Aviation Division to Administer Commercial Drone Registration Program
The last Washington state legislative session saw the enactment of SHB 1379, entrusting the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Aviation Division with the establishment of the State Unpiloted Aircraft Systems Coordinator position and commercial drone registration. WSDOT Aviation is in the process of establishing the commercial drone registration program as outlined in the legislation. […]
Walmart & DroneUp Announce First Multi-Site Drone Delivery Operation
DroneUp, LLC and Walmart announced the first multi-site commercial drone delivery operations. The three locations, which will be located at Walmart stores in Northwest Arkansas, will operate from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., seven days per week, to deliver items to eligible Walmart customers by air in as little as 30 minutes. “When we invested […]
Springfield Airport and American Airlines Open New Hangar
A new aircraft maintenance hangar officially opened December 14 at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. It will be used by Envoy Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines. Envoy has had an aircraft maintenance operation in Springfield since the late 1990s but has outgrown its current maintenance hangar. To make sure that the facility stays […]
Holiday Travel provides Boost to Aviation Demand in North Dakota
North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted 83,429 airline passenger boardings during the recent month of November. This amounts to a 95% increase from November 2020 and a 12.5% decrease from the November 2019 pre-pandemic airline boarding counts. Additional travel demand seen during the Thanksgiving weekend was reminiscent of pre-pandemic levels in North Dakota and […]
Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board Elects Michael Keeney as Chairman
Michael Keeney has been selected as the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority (MSCAA). Keeney, the sixth executive to hold the chairman’s title in the Airport Authority’s history, was unanimously elected for a five-year term by board members at their December 16, 2021, meeting. He succeeds Pace Cooper, whose […]
FAA To Hold Nashville, Tennessee Airspace Meeting
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a virtual public information meeting on its proposal to modify the airspace over Nashville International Airport in Tennessee. Under the proposed changes, existing flight paths would not change but the area where pilots are required to interact with FAA air traffic controllers would expand. The airspace change is […]
Flytrex Receives FAA Approval to Expand to One Mile Drone Deliveries
Flytrex announced last week that it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand its delivery radius to one nautical mile across all its operating stations in North Carolina. With a rapidly growing list of collaborations with leading restaurant and retail chains – far more than any other drone delivery company – […]
Seminar on Small Aircraft Aviation in the Arctic Held
A seminar on small aircraft aviation in the Arctic was held in Moscow within the framework of the action plan of Russia’s Chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the operator being the Roscongress Foundation. Representatives from transportation agencies and organizations of the Arctic states and Indigenous peoples of the Arctic attended the seminar. The Chair of […]
St. Lucie County’s Treasure Coast International Airport Publishes RFQ for Major Airport Development
The Treasure Coast International Airport (KFPR) has issued a “Request for Qualifications” (RFQ) for the development of its airport located in St. Lucie County, one of the fastest growing counties in Florida. The RFQ includes the development of the airport, which may include: The lease and operation of the new 28,500 square foot hangar and […]
