{"id":10147,"date":"2018-02-27T23:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T23:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=10147"},"modified":"2018-02-27T23:38:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T23:38:27","slug":"paul-werts-retiring-after-38-years-with-sc-aeronautics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/south-carolina\/paul-werts-retiring-after-38-years-with-sc-aeronautics\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Paul Werts Retiring After 38 Years with SC Aeronautics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, left, awarded Paul Werts with the Order of the Palmetto.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Paul Werts, Program Manager at the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission (SCAC) is retiring after spending over 38 years with the SCAC. His last day will be February 28th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a wonderful career with the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission,\u201d said Werts. \u201cPublic service is a honor and being part of the aviation industry is truly special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Werts began working with the SCAC on December 7, 1979, and served in multiple roles during his tenure.\u00c2\u00a0 He began as an Airport Planner II, with his initial role as an airport inspector in accordance with the 5010 Airport Master Record Inventory Program.\u00c2\u00a0 While filling the role of Airport Planner II, Paul was involved in air service development studies, airport construction projects, statewide system planning, airport grant and aid program management, and statewide economic impact studies.<\/p>\n

In 1991, Werts was promoted to Airport Planner III, where he continued to serve airports in South Carolina.\u00c2\u00a0 He then became Airport Planner IV in 1994, and in this role, began managing all of the Airport Development staff to assist airports and manage statewide airport regulatory policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought of it as a job,\u201d said Werts. \u201cI\u2019ve been blessed to be part of an industry which extends beyond the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1997, Werts managed the statewide airport data management tool known as CAIRS (Comprehensive Aviation Information Reporting System), of which, the agency was awarded the \u201cMost Innovative State\u201d award from the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO).<\/p>\n

On June 2006, Werts was appointed Executive Director of the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission and served in that capacity until June 30, 2014.\u00c2\u00a0 While Executive Director, Werts was responsible for multiple agency transitions within state government and most successfully directed the overhaul of the state code Title 55, which regulates the agency and the associated airport development programs.\u00c2\u00a0 During this time, Werts also led the staff through development of a land use tool that enabled airport sponsors to review proposed land uses around local airports.\u00c2\u00a0 This tool also won a \u201cMost Innovative State\u201d award from NASAO, and continues to serve airports as they strive to protect the investments in and economic values of airports within South Carolina.<\/p>\n

On February 8, 2018, Werts was awarded the Order of the Palmetto from Governor Henry McMaster.\u00c2\u00a0 This award is the state\u2019s highest civilian honor, and is awarded to citizens of South Carolina for extraordinary lifetime service and achievements of national or statewide significance.\u00c2\u00a0 Along with the award, Werts was recognized by the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission by proclamation, and received noticed from the South Carolina Aviation Association (SCAA) that the annual Oyster Roast at the SCAA Annual Conference would, from this year forward, be called the Paul Werts Oyster Bar.<\/p>\n

During his tenure at the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, Werts has also served on many committees for NASAO and other aviation educational programs within South Carolina.\u00c2\u00a0 As a result of Paul Werts\u2019 dedication, passion, and success, the publicly owned, public use airports of South Carolina have been developed and supported to meet the aviation transportation needs of South Carolinians and others that travel through our airports.<\/p>\n

\u201cNASAO is an outstanding fraternal organization which provided me with a host of resources during my career which I am grateful,\u201d said Werts. \u201cBut most of all, I will miss the camaraderie shared with my state counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Werts, Program Manager at the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission (SCAC) is retiring after spending over 38 years with the SCAC. His last day will be February 28th. \u201cI had a wonderful career with the South Carolina Aeronautics Commission,\u201d said Werts. \u201cPublic service is a honor and being part of the aviation industry is truly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-south-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-governoredit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10150,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10147\/revisions\/10150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}