{"id":14998,"date":"2020-03-04T23:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14998"},"modified":"2020-03-04T23:03:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T23:03:25","slug":"tioga-municipal-airport-awarded-2019-general-aviation-airport-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/tioga-municipal-airport-awarded-2019-general-aviation-airport-of-the-year\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Tioga Municipal Airport Awarded \u201c2019 General Aviation Airport of the Year\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Left to right are, North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Executive Director – Kyle Wanner, Tioga Municipal Airport Authority Manager and Chairperson – Chris Norgaard, and Airport Association of North Dakota President – Matthew Remynse. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tioga Municipal Airport has received the North Dakota\n\u201c2019 General Aviation Airport of the Year\u201d award. The award was presented on\nMarch 3rd, 2020 at the North Dakota Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in\nMinot. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in\npartnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This award is for\nexcellence in community awareness, airport management, special events, and\nbeautification projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the award was Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of\nthe North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, and Matthew Remynse, President of the\nAirport Association of North Dakota. Accepting the award for the Tioga\nMunicipal Airport was Chris Norgaard, Chairperson of the Airport Authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tioga Airport Accomplishments for 2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tioga Municipal Airport showed a strong belief in\naviation advocacy and community outreach. The airport helped support the fifth\nannual Drone Camp where over two days kids are instructed on drone use, safety,\nprivacy, competitive flight, and vocational opportunities. The event is STEM\n(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) certified so students can earn\nhigh school education credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2019, the Tioga Economic Development Corporation secured\n$20,000 for a private pilot training program. The goal of the program is to\nhelp offset the cost of getting a private pilot license in order to train\ntomorrow\u2019s pilots. Tioga has a Certified Flight Instructor and due to the\nprogram, several individuals have already signed up to begin flight training at\nthe airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tioga Municipal Airport hosted a soft opening of their\nbeautiful, new general aviation terminal in fall of 2019. The new terminal is a\ncoalescence of years of hard work. Over the last decade or so the airport has\nseen an influx of aircraft operations mostly due to the growth of the energy\nindustry. This growth and years of hard work has allowed the airport to expand\ninfrastructure including an upgraded aircraft fueling system accommodating\naviation and jet fuel, taxiway and apron expansions with the ability to\naccommodate larger aircraft, additional GPS navigation on Runway 12, and now,\ntheir new public terminal which caters not only to the public, but also the\nbusiness traveler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tioga Airport is very accommodating to travelers and\nbusinesses through their full service Fixed Based Operator, Tioga Aero Center.\nTioga Aero Center provides trained technicians, full-service jet and aviation\nfuel, heated hangar space, on call maintenance, de-icing services, lavatory\nservices, rental cars, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Left to right are, North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Executive Director – Kyle Wanner, Tioga Municipal Airport Authority Manager and Chairperson – Chris Norgaard, and Airport Association of North Dakota President – Matthew Remynse. The Tioga Municipal Airport has received the North Dakota \u201c2019 General Aviation Airport of the Year\u201d award. The award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15001,"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-14998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tioga-Airport-Award-Photoedit2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998","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=14998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15000,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14998\/revisions\/15000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}