{"id":14951,"date":"2020-02-25T16:34:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14951"},"modified":"2020-02-25T16:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T16:36:07","slug":"nebraskas-fremont-municipal-airport-awarded-2019-airport-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/nebraska\/nebraskas-fremont-municipal-airport-awarded-2019-airport-of-the-year\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska\u2019s Fremont Municipal Airport Awarded 2019 Airport of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By David Morris<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cNebraska Airport of the Year 2019\u201d was proudly awarded to the Fremont Municipal Airport during the annual Nebraska Aviation Council Symposium banquet held in January. Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) Division of Aeronautics director Ann Richart welcomed Brian Newton, Fremont City Administrator, and Eric Johnson, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, to the stage to accept the award on behalf of the City of Fremont.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-Airport-of-the-Year-FET-3edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14952\" width=\"350\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-Airport-of-the-Year-FET-3edit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-Airport-of-the-Year-FET-3edit-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption><em>The 2019 Nebraska Airport of the Year was awarded to Fremont Municipal Airport. Pictured from left are  <br>Eric Johnson, Brian Newton, and Ann Richart. Photo\/Jake Daniels<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In March of 2019 Fremont experienced a flood event that\nclosed all of the roads in and out of the community. It was during the flood that\nthe airport became the only means of getting in and out of the community. Local\npilots and organizations shuttled in supplies and essential community employees\nthrough the airport. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with this historic event, NDOT recognized the Fremont\nairport for other qualities as well \u2013 all which led to make it a candidate for\nAirport of the Year. The airport is the site of a \u201cFly-In\u201d breakfast every year\nwith the local Rotary Club providing a pancake breakfast. The Fremont Municipal\nAirport has also been the site of meetings which included Governor Pete\nRicketts and Senator Deb Fischer.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the normal fuel and maintenance services\nbeing available at the airport you will find an office and workshop for the\nCivil Air Patrol. As a result of years of study and coordination with the\nFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the NDOT Division of Aeronautics, a\ncontract has been let for construction of a new apron in 2020 along with\nstudies of architectural services to design a new Terminal Building in\n2020\/21.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with being an active part of the Fremont community, the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) routinely hosts school groups and tours at the airport. To help improve the efficiency of the airport, the agriculture land on the airport grounds are contracted out to local farming operations.\u00c2\u00a0 Here at the NDOT Division of Aeronautics, we want to say \u201cCongratulations\u201d to the Fremont Municipal Airport for a job-well-done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>David Morris is the Aviation Division Flight Operations Manager for the NDOT.<\/em> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Morris The \u201cNebraska Airport of the Year 2019\u201d was proudly awarded to the Fremont Municipal Airport during the annual Nebraska Aviation Council Symposium banquet held in January. Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) Division of Aeronautics director Ann Richart welcomed Brian Newton, Fremont City Administrator, and Eric Johnson, Kirkham Michael Consulting Engineers, to the [&hellip;]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nebraska"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14951","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=14951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14955,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14951\/revisions\/14955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}