{"id":16099,"date":"2020-07-27T15:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16099"},"modified":"2020-07-27T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T15:54:37","slug":"chris-white-to-serve-as-president-of-north-carolina-airports-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-carolina\/chris-white-to-serve-as-president-of-north-carolina-airports-association\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Chris White to Serve as President of North Carolina Airports Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Members of the North Carolina Airports Association (NCAA)\nhave elected Chris White, A.A.E. to serve as the association\u2019s president for\nthe 2020\/2021 fiscal year. White has been the Director of the Albert J. Ellis\nAirport located in Jacksonville, NC since 2009 and has served in various roles\non the NCAA Board of Directors for the past several years. He began his\ninvolvement in North Carolina airports in 2001 at RDU and previously worked at\nTYS, DFW and Little Rock prior to his current post in Onslow County. Mr. White\nis a pilot and an Accredited Airport Executive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris-White.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris-White.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris-White-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chris-White-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption><em>Chris White<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The North Carolina Airports Association was officially\nformed in 1986 as a professional development and advocacy organization that\npromotes airports and aviation in North Carolina. The association facilitates\nprofessional development opportunities, advocates with legislators on airport\nrelated issues, promotes aviation and aviation careers, provides scholarships\nand works with the NCDOT to advance state programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to an NCDOT\/NCSU study in 2018 North Carolina\u2019s\nAirports contributed over $52 billion to the economy while employing over\n307,000 people with a payroll of $12.6 billion. These activities generate $2.2\nbillion annually in state and local tax revenues, thereby reducing some of the\ntax burden on North Carolina residents. Aviation has grown significantly since\nthe Wright Brothers first took flight in Kitty Hawk 117 years ago and now\nrepresents almost 10% of the state\u2019s GDP. Aircraft and their parts are also\nmanufactured across the state and North Carolina has the 2nd fastest growing\naerospace manufacturing sector in the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>White stated \u201cI am honored to serve the association during this crucial time as North Carolina\u2019s airports are integral to the economy and serve many aspects of citizen\u2019s lives from overnight delivery of products and medical supplies to agriculture and military training. The state\u2019s 10 commercial airports shuttle family members, visitors and business associates around and all 72 public airports help local industry thrive in every corner of the state.\u201d For additional information about the association visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncairports.org\">www.ncairports.org<\/a>, the economic impact visit https:\/\/www.ncdot.gov\/divisions\/aviation\/Pages\/state-of-aviation.aspx or the Albert J. Ellis Airport visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flyOAJ.com\">www.flyOAJ.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the North Carolina Airports Association (NCAA) have elected Chris White, A.A.E. to serve as the association\u2019s president for the 2020\/2021 fiscal year. White has been the Director of the Albert J. Ellis Airport located in Jacksonville, NC since 2009 and has served in various roles on the NCAA Board of Directors for 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":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16099","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=16099"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16103,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16099\/revisions\/16103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}