{"id":18916,"date":"2021-07-19T23:05:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18916"},"modified":"2021-07-19T23:05:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T23:05:44","slug":"former-oklahoma-commissioners-recognized-at-july-aeronautics-commission-meeting-airport-grants-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/former-oklahoma-commissioners-recognized-at-july-aeronautics-commission-meeting-airport-grants-approved\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Former Oklahoma Commissioners Recognized at July Aeronautics Commission Meeting; Airport Grants Approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At its meeting on Wednesday, July 14, the Oklahoma\nAeronautics Commission recognized former District 3 Commissioner Michael Ray\nand former District 5 Commissioner Dave Amis, III by presenting them with an\nauthentic runway light converted into an award and plaque. Former Commissioner\nAmis was one of the longest-serving commissioners with 24 years of dedicated\nservice to the state and former Commissioner Ray served from 2011 until 2020.\nBoth commissioners have been avid aviators for many years, using aircraft in\ntheir businesses, and advocating for the enhancement of the aviation and\naerospace industry for the areas they served. \u201cWe wish them well and hope to\nsee them continuing their service to aviation and aerospace down the flight\npath,\u201d said State Director of Aeronautics Grayson Ardies.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Former District 5 Aeronautics Commissioner Mike Ray was presented a commemorative runway light lamp for his 9 years on the commission. State Director of Aeronautics Grayson Ardies presented the award on behalf of the full commission. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz informed\ncommissioners about the \u201cCost Savings, Value & Efficiency Award\u201d received\nby the Transportation cabinet at the 3rd Annual Governor\u2019s Leadership Summit in\nJune. The cabinet is one of seven state agencies to receive recognition this\nyear and this award is specific to the cabinet\u2019s year-long modernization\neffort. Secretary Gatz addressed commissioners and said, \u201cWe have always worked\ntogether closely, but we are going to take that to the next level. We are going\nto begin to realize capabilities that we have not had before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission was updated on the agency\u2019s legislative\ninitiatives that were signed into law now that the 2021 legislative session has\nconcluded. Policy issues such as revising the accreditation language for the\nengineer tax credits for aerospace, developing the agency as the state\u2019s\nunmanned aerial systems clearinghouse, and a $2 million appropriation for\nstatewide airport infrastructure improvements were all considered as\nlegislative successes for the aviation and aerospace industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ardies reported on the state of the aviation, aerospace, and\nairport industries including the recent dedications of new runways at Skiatook\nMunicipal Airport and Ponca City Regional Airport. He also highlighted other events\nwhich occurred this summer including the Mint Turbines 40th anniversary\ncelebration, strategic planning meetings at airports across the state at Stroud\nand Durant, and the Skydio Demonstration at the Choctaw Nation\u2019s Daisy Ranch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With construction season thriving, the commission approved\nseveral state grants for projects in the 5-year Airport Construction Program\nwhich will support needed improvements for the Oklahoma Airport System. A\n$735,612 state grant was awarded to Ardmore Municipal Airport to support the\noverall $1.8 million project to rehabilitate runway 13\/31 pavement and install\nLED runway lights. The commission also awarded a $683,163 state grant for Boise\nCity Municipal Airport\u2019s $1.9M project to rehabilitate runway 18\/36 and install\nLED runway lights. Elk City Regional Airport received $404,954 in state funding\nto support the almost $1 million project to install LED runway lights, visual\nglideslope lighting known as PAPIs, and a weather reporting system. Lastly,\nThomas P. Stafford Airport (Weatherford) received a $500,000 state grant to\nconstruct a new terminal building that will be located adjacent to the newly\nrenovated Thomas P Stafford Air and Space Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, the commission awarded $2,323,729 of state funding\nto support overall projects exceeding $6.3 million. These projects will go to\nsupport aviation and air transportation across our state, providing needed\ninfrastructure investment to ensure the airports can be the best economic\ndevelopment tools possible for these four communities. \u201cWhether you\u2019re an\naerospace business based at an airport, a business that simply uses aircraft in\nyour daily operations, or the recreational weekend warrior pilot, these\ninfrastructure investments will benefit the public and are vital to the success\nof the airport system,\u201d said Ardies.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At its meeting on Wednesday, July 14, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission recognized former District 3 Commissioner Michael Ray and former District 5 Commissioner Dave Amis, III by presenting them with an authentic runway light converted into an award and plaque. Former Commissioner Amis was one of the longest-serving commissioners with 24 years of dedicated service […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/unnamed-2021-07-19T175747.101.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18916","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=18916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18919,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18916\/revisions\/18919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}