{"id":22898,"date":"2022-07-25T13:19:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22898"},"modified":"2022-07-25T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:19:48","slug":"oaoa-celebrates-inaugural-recipients-of-the-oklahoma-certified-airport-professional-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/oaoa-celebrates-inaugural-recipients-of-the-oklahoma-certified-airport-professional-designation\/%20","title":{"rendered":"OAOA Celebrates Inaugural Recipients of the Oklahoma Certified Airport Professional Designation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Airport leaders from across the State gathered at the Autry\nTechnology Center in Enid on Wednesday for the Oklahoma Airport Operators\nAssociation (OAOA) Quarterly General Membership Meeting. While the agenda\nincluded many topics related to legislative advocacy, industry promotion and\noutreach, and airport development initiatives, the Association took the most\npride in celebrating the inaugural class of Oklahoma Certified Airport Professional\n(OCAP) recipients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 2021, as a tool to engage airport managers\nand municipal leaders across the State, OCAP provides participants with a\npractical overview of airport management, tackling issues such as FAA Grant\nAssurances, Minimum Standards, Pavement Maintenance, and Airport Master\nPlanning in a peer setting that is easily accessible to airport operators\nacross the State. Participants are required to attend a minimum of seven out of\nnine classes offered throughout the year and then must pass a written exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading the OCAP initiative for OAOA has been a passion\nproject of the Association\u2019s Treasurer and the Assistant Airport Director of\nStillwater Regional Airport, Foster Becquet. \u201cOur OCAP committee members have\nworked hard to create an education program for airport leaders in Oklahoma,\nwhich has been a vision of the organization since its founding. The pandemic\ntaught us how connected virtual platforms make us, and because of it, we\u2019ve\nbeen able to reach many members from around the state who are looking to better\nserve their local airports and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following airport managers and employees were recognized\nat Wednesday\u2019s meeting as an Oklahoma Certified Airport Professional:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Austin Wheeler, Tulsa Riverside Airport<\/li><li>Chase Tindle, McAlester Regional Airport<\/li><li>Dan Luttrell, Ardmore Municipal Airport<\/li><li>Daniel Adams, Altus\/Quartz Mountain Regional\nAirport<\/li><li>Jim Brown, South Grand Lake Regional Airport<\/li><li>John Wyatt, Durant Regional Airport<\/li><li>Joshua Matekovic, Durant Regional Airport<\/li><li>Kathryn Parker, Shawnee Regional Airport<\/li><li>Matthew Lovelace, Shawnee Regional Airport<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>About OAOA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over 30 years, Oklahoma Airport Operators Association\nhas advanced Oklahoma airports and the aviation industry, by providing\nresources and training to airport operators, and through cohesive legislative\nadvocacy, to provide a robust aviation transportation system for the benefit of\nOklahoma citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airport leaders from across the State gathered at the Autry Technology Center in Enid on Wednesday for the Oklahoma Airport Operators Association (OAOA) Quarterly General Membership Meeting. While the agenda included many topics related to legislative advocacy, industry promotion and outreach, and airport development initiatives, the Association took the most pride in celebrating the inaugural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22900,"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-22898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OCAP-Recipients-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22898","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=22898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22901,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22898\/revisions\/22901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}