The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) Aeronautics Board approved approximately $575,000 in grants and loans to be awarded in support of various large and small airport projects throughout Montana during fiscal year 2019 The requests were for a variety of improvement projects that focused on lighting enhancements, runway, taxiway and apron reconstruction projects. Funding for […]
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Coast Air Teams with C&S for New Development at San Diego’s Montgomery Field
Coast Air Center, LLCÂ was selected by the City of San Diego for land lease development rights for a 9.4-acre commercial aeronautical development at Montgomery–Gibbs Executive Airport. Coast Air Center partnered with C&S as the design-build contractor to provide new corporate/business aircraft facilities, a new flight school facility and a fixed base operator (FBO). The […]
Public Safety Agencies Come Together for NCDOT Drone Workshop
Law enforcement, fire fighters and EMS across North Carolina have already started using drones to save lives. The N.C. Department of Transportation wants to bring various agencies together to share how this emerging technology can be included in their operations. A capacity crowd of more than 150 police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders was […]
Virginia Department of Aviation Gets a New Agency Director
Mark Flynn, a general aviation pilot and an attorney in private practice, has been named the new director of the Virginia Department of Aviation by Gov. Ralph Northam. Flynn replaces Randy Burdette who served 13 years as the agency’s director. Flynn was sworn in January 13th following the inauguration of Ralph Northam as Virginia’s 73rd […]
Southwest Florida Int’l Airport Reports Record-Breaking December and Year-End Traffic
During December, 873,494 passengers traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla., an increase of 3.9 percent compared to December 2016. Year-end passenger traffic was up 2.8 percent compared to last year. “December 2017 was the best December in the 35-year history of the airport and our performance for the year exceeded all […]
Flying Musicians in Sebring for Sport Aviation Expo
Flying Musicians Association (FMA), a nonprofit organization for pilots who are musicians, will once again descend upon Sebring, Florida for the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo from January 24-27. A passionate group of aviators/musicians will be on hand to inspire, educate, entertain, and encourage others to grow through aviation and music. Attendees can hear free performances […]
Springfield Illinois Airport Authority Files Solid Financial Report, Receives Award For Excellence
For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, the Springfield Airport Authority received an unmodified, or “clean opinion”, of its financial report from the CPA firm of Eck, Schafer & Punke. Jim Hogge from the CPA firm said, “Once again, the Airport Authority’s staff did a fantastic job preparing for us and the audit process […]
Wings Over the Rockies Announces Unique to the Nation Campus at Centennial Airport
After more than a decade of planning and fundraising, Wings Over the Rockies (Wings), an aerospace focused Colorado non-profit, is proud to announce its unique to the nation entertainment and education campus, Exploration of Flight. Designed to incorporate future-focused aviation and space centers, Exploration of Flight is a 15-acre campus located on the south side […]
AviationNation Thrives in the Heartland
By Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D. Recently, David Moll, Nebraska Division of Aeronautics PIREPS editor, featured a story on AviationNation Omaha (www.aviation.nation.omaha on Facebook) writing, “I think this is one of the most important aviation programs aimed at the youth today. Their motto ‘Mentors build students, students build the airplane’ is what aviation needs because hands-on […]
NCDOT Named to AUVSI Trusted Operator Program
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation will be playing a leading role in a new group set up to improve and standardize the nationwide drone industry. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has appointed NCDOT to the steering committee that will help develop a new Trusted Operator Program (TOP) for drone […]
