{"id":25052,"date":"2023-03-09T14:40:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25052"},"modified":"2023-03-09T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:40:34","slug":"theodore-roosevelt-regional-airport-and-watford-city-municipal-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/theodore-roosevelt-regional-airport-and-watford-city-municipal-recognized\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport and Watford City Municipal Recognized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Pictured from left to right is Kyle Wanner (Executive Director, ND Aeronautics Commission), Channing Wagner (DIK Airport Operations & Maintenance Manager), Laurie Kasian (DIK Airport Administrative Officer), and Ryan Riesinger (President of the North Dakota Airport Association) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two North Dakota airports were recently recognized during\nthe North Dakota Aviation Association\u2019s FLY-ND Conference awards banquet on\nMarch 7th, 2023, by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission and the Airport\nAssociation of North Dakota.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport in Dickinson was recognized\nas the \u201c2022 Commercial Service Airport of the Year,\u201d and Watford City\nMunicipal Airport was recognized as the State\u2019s \u201c2022 General Aviation Airport\nof the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airports receive these awards for excellence in community\noutreach, facility management, construction and beautification projects, and\nparticipation and hosting of special events. This award is sponsored annually\nby the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in partnership with the Airport\nAssociation of North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airport Accomplishments for 2022:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dickinson Municipal Airport Authority has done tremendous\nwork in reaching out to the community and hosting events throughout 2022. Over\nthe past year, they invited multiple schools to tour the airport, and students\nfrom Kindergarten through High School were able to travel and see the world of\naviation up close. Students from Scranton High School also had an opportunity\nto visit and job shadow airport employees for a full day. Additionally, the\nairport also worked to provide a wonderful experience for two families through\nthe Make-A-Wish Foundation. They provided a full V.I.P. treatment for the\nfamilies, including curbside check in, full-service aircraft boarding, and\nAirport Rescue and Fire Fighting truck provided the aircraft with a water\ncannon salute on their departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dickinson also experienced an impressive amount\nyear-over-year passenger growth in 2022. The airport secured another 2-year\ncontract with United Airlines to ensure the community continues to be provided\ntwo daily flights to Denver, CO. The airport closed out 2022 with 21,606\noutbound, and 22,394 inbound passengers, a 24% increase from the previous year.\nThese numbers have brought the airport very close to realizing a full recovery\nfrom pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Dickinson completed a multi-year reconstruction and\nexpansion of their new primary runway. The runway added 900 ft., to a total\nlength of 7,300 ft. The project also included the construction of a full-length\ntaxiway, and installation of a new ILS system. This project overall took four\nyears to finish, and the airport was able to stay fully operational throughout\nthe entire construction period. This project ensures that current and future\ncommercial aircraft will have a runway that meets all current FAA requirements.\nThe new runway also has an increased weight bearing capacity, allowing larger\naircraft to now operate without a waiver process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pictured from left to right is Kyle Wanner (Executive Director, ND Aeronautics Commission), Steve Reeves (Watford City Airport Authority Board Member), Luke Taylor (Watford City Airport Manager), and Ryan Riesinger (President of the North Dakota Airport Association). <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, Watford City completed a major renovation project\nwhich was the culmination of approximately a decade of planning and hard work.\nTheir runway underwent major reconstruction, and was shifted to a new location\nwhere its expanded final length is now 6,550 ft. The project also included a\nnew lighting system, as well as a full-length parallel taxiway which will\ngreatly enhance safety for all airport operations. These enhancements will now\nallow the community in the epicenter of Bakken to accommodate most large\nbusiness jets. Overall, these infrastructural improvements are going to be\ncritical in accommodating the growing needs of the Bakken and Watford City\nregion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watford City Municipal Airport exceled in community outreach\nin 2022. They hosted an annual flyin\/drive-in, coordinated with other local\ncommunity events. Watford City also continually supports local weather\nmodification and crop spraying operations to aid local farmers and protect\nagriculture. They also hosted an emergency air crash rescue training and Boy\nScout merit badge events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airport also hosts a radar facility operated by the\nNorthern Plains UAS Test Site. This work is innovating the use of Unmanned\nAircraft Systems and building a new future for aviation, while researching ways\nto successfully integrate UAS into the National Airspace System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Pictured from left to right is Kyle Wanner (Executive Director, ND Aeronautics Commission), Channing Wagner (DIK Airport Operations & Maintenance Manager), Laurie Kasian (DIK Airport Administrative Officer), and Ryan Riesinger (President of the North Dakota Airport Association) Two North Dakota airports were recently recognized during the North Dakota Aviation Association\u2019s FLY-ND Conference […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25053,"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-25052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022-Commercial-Airport-Award-Dickinson-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25052","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=25052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25055,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25052\/revisions\/25055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}