{"id":12273,"date":"2019-03-12T16:22:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:22:58","slug":"maddock-municipal-airport-awarded-nd-general-aviation-airport-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/maddock-municipal-airport-awarded-nd-general-aviation-airport-of-the-year\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Maddock Municipal Airport Awarded ND General Aviation Airport of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured from left are, Kyle Wanner, Jason Lee and Pat Tracy.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Maddock Municipal Airport received the \u201c2018 General\nAviation Airport of the Year\u201d award during the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium\nheld in Bismarck on March 5th, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics\nCommission in partnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This\naward is for excellence in maintaining safety, project management, and\ncommunity awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the award was Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of\nthe North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. Accepting the award for the Maddock\nMunicipal Airport included Jason Lee – Chairperson of the Airport Authority and\nPat Tracy \u2013 Airport Volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airport Accomplishments for 2018 were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maddock Municipal Airport has a strong belief in\naviation advocacy and volunteerism. A growing annual event for the Maddock\nairport is their annual Golf Ball Drop and Celebration. This nonprofit\nfundraiser brings hundreds of guests and introduces children and adults to the world\nof aviation though free air plane and helicopter rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Maddock had multiple first year pilots, all taking\nclasses and instruction by one of the three CFI\u2019s available to teach in\nMaddock. Furthermore, IFR certification, taildragger endorsement, helicopter\ntraining, and annual flight reviews have been done at the Maddock Airport,\nthrough local committed CFI\u2019s. The airport also temporarily opened its\navailable hanger space to New Rockford pilots and aircraft after the 2018\nwindstorm destroyed the New Rockford Airport terminal and hangar building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maddock Airport welcomes local civic groups to host\ntheir meetings at the airport and currently acts as a home for the JT Rice\nNorth Dakota Chapter of Pilots for Christ. The chapter works to promote and\nprovide free air transportation for those in need. The local chapter displays\nrecognitions at the airport from The United States Legislature, The North\nDakota Legislature, Pilots for Christ International, and recently the chapter\nalso received the Addie Mathison Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maddock Municipal Airport also takes great pride in its\nappearance and impressions. The airport added a new cement taxiway to connect\nits paved apron to its 3000 ft. cement runway that was constructed in 2013. The\nnew taxiway will allow a wider variety of planes to land and use the\naccommodations that the airport has to offer. The airport also recently\nimproved outside tie down areas to accommodate transient aircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maddock Municipal Airport received the \u201c2018 General Aviation Airport of the Year\u201d award during the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in Bismarck on March 5th, 2019. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in partnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This award is for excellence in maintaining safety, project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273","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=12273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12275,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12273\/revisions\/12275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}