{"id":11893,"date":"2019-02-10T20:16:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=11893"},"modified":"2019-02-10T20:16:41","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T20:16:41","slug":"ncdot-offers-wildlife-hazard-training-for-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/ncdot-offers-wildlife-hazard-training-for-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NCDOT Offers Wildlife Hazard Training for Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – A deer grazes just feet from the runway at First Flight Airport in Kill Devil Hills. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The N.C. Department of Transportation\u2019s Division of Aviation\nis helping host a series of wildlife hazard trainings to increase safety at\nNorth Carolina\u2019s public airports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildlife incursions on airfields is one of the top dangers\nto aviators statewide, whether at a small rural airfield or a major\ninternational airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five standard and two advanced trainings will be offered in\n2019. Much of the advanced training will be tailored to individuals that handle\nwildlife control at their airports daily. This training will include standard\ntopics to meet FAA Part 139 airport certification, an on-site visit to learn\nhow to properly survey the airfield, identify what attracts animals and record\ndata, demonstrations on multiple types of harassment devices and demonstrations\non trapping techniques for birds and mammals. The scheduled training dates are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith Reynolds Airport (INT) \u2013 Feb. 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (EWN) \u2013 April 10\n(Advanced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) \u2013 June 12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Monroe Executive Airport (EQY) \u2013 Aug. 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pitt-Greenville Airport (PGV) \u2013 Sept. 18<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hickory Regional Airport (HKY) \u2013 Oct. 9 (Advanced)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raleigh Executive Jetport (TTA) \u2013 Nov. 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The standard trainings will also cover the Wildlife Hazard\nAssessment and Wildlife Hazard Management Plan Process, record keeping and\ncommunications, safety issues with equipment and procedures, rules,\nregulations, legal reminders and wildlife permitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The training is open to personnel at North Carolina airports\nresponsible for managing wildlife hazards to aviation. The training is free.\nTrainings typically run all day, with lunch either provided by the host airport\nor on your own at local restaurants. Seating is limited, so please register early.\nFor more information or to sign up, contact Jimmy Capps at (919) 210-9428 or james.e.capps@aphis.usda.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – A deer grazes just feet from the runway at First Flight Airport in Kill Devil Hills. The N.C. Department of Transportation\u2019s Division of Aviation is helping host a series of wildlife hazard trainings to increase safety at North Carolina\u2019s public airports. Wildlife incursions on airfields is one of the top dangers to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kill-Devil-Hillsedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893","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=11893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11895,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11893\/revisions\/11895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}