The State Transportation Commission (STC) approved the final version of the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) 2023-2027 Five-Year Transportation Program (5YTP) for posting on the MDOT website and transmission to the Michigan Legislature, state budget director, and the House and Senate fiscal agencies by March 1, 2023, as required under state statute. The 5YTP contains […]
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Iowa DOT Report Shows Aviation Provides Essential Services and A Key Driver of State’s Economy
The aviation industry in Iowa is so much more than getting vacationers to a sunny beach, families to reunions for the holidays, or business travelers to important meetings. You may not realize all the ways that those airplanes you see in the sky positively impact your daily life and Iowa’s overall economy. A new report […]
2022 Iowa Aviation Economic Report Released
The Iowa DOT has released the 2022 Iowa Aviation Economic Report. The report highlights aviation’s uses in Iowa and quantifies its role in Iowa’s economy. Aviation activity generates $6.4 billion in economic impact every year. This includes $1.8 billion related to airport activity and $4.6 billion to businesses producing aircraft components and other aviation-related services. […]
Archer Aviation Selects Georgia Site Adjacent to Covington Municipal Airport for Manufacturing Facility
Archer Aviation Inc. has announced plans to locate its manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia at a site adjacent to the Covington Municipal Airport. Archer plans to initially build out a 350,000 square-foot facility on a 96-acre site capable of producing up to 650 aircraft per year. The planned eVTOL aircraft manufacturing facility is expected to […]
New Columbia Regional Airport Terminal Creates Opportunities for Columbia, and Central Region
Columbia Regional Airport (COU) is celebrating the recent opening of its new $23 million terminal. The Columbia City Council gave support for a new terminal in December 2018. Work on the project began in May 2020 and was completed last month. The first flight to the new terminal arrived the night of Tuesday, Oct. 25, […]
Colorado Governor and Burrell Aviation Announced $110 Million Investment for COS Airport Project
Governor Jared Polis and Burrell Aviation announced on Thursday that Burrell Aviation intends to construct multiple facilities on a 65-acre parcel at the Colorado Springs Airport (COS) to expand the airport’s non-passenger business lines, including facilities for air cargo handling, aircraft maintenance and testing, cold storage, warehouse/distribution, and integrated logistics. “This project is the result […]
Maria Muia – Confidently Navigating A Successful Career in the Aviation Industry
Photo above – Dr. Muia shares her enthusiasm for the opportunities in aviation planning at her Woolpert office to students considering aviation careers. (Courtesy photograph) Maria Muia is a Senior Aviation Planner and Aviation Research Scientist with Woolpert, based in Indianapolis. Woolpert has been in business for more than a century. In 1911, Charlton Putnam […]
Leading Idaho Funds Runway Improvements to St. Anthony Community Airport
Grant funds in the amount of $1.7M from Gov. Little’s Leading Idaho initiative helped repair and replace sections of badly damaged runway at the small community airport in St. Anthony in October. The funds were used in conjunction with Idaho Airport Aid Program funding to complete the runway reconstruction and eliminate a significant safety hazard. […]
Piper Announces Unpaved Field Approval for M600/SLS
Piper Aircraft, Inc. has been awarded FAA approval for its flagship product—the Piper M600/SLS single engine turboprop aircraft—to be operated from unpaved fields. Piper has received numerous requests for unpaved field certification from several global markets and is pleased to announce kit approval has also been completed for Canada, the UK, and Europe (EASA). Brazil […]
magniX Powers First Point-To-Point Flight of An All-Electric Helicopter
magniX, a manufacturer of electric propulsion solutions for aviation, powered the first fully electric helicopter flight between airfields, in partnership with Tier 1 Engineering. The modified electric Robinson 44 (eR44) helicopter powered with a magniX magni250 electric propulsion unit (EPU) made its historic journey from Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport to Palm Springs International Airport, arriving […]
