{"id":33463,"date":"2025-11-24T21:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=33463"},"modified":"2025-11-24T21:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:52:15","slug":"pape-dawson-expands-airport-planning-practice-with-acquisition-of-coffman-associates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/pape-dawson-expands-airport-planning-practice-with-acquisition-of-coffman-associates\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Pape-Dawson Expands Airport Planning Practice with Acquisition of Coffman Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pape-dawson.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.pape-dawson.com\/\">Pape-Dawson<\/a> has acquired Coffman Associates, a nationally recognized airport planning firm with offices in Kansas and Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the firm\u2019s expanding aviation practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 1979, Coffman Associates specializes in airport planning and associated environmental and noise\/land use studies. The firm\u2019s unmatched experience includes more than 600 airport master plans, 450 environmental documentation projects, and 150 noise and land use studies for airports of all sizes across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This acquisition complements and expands Pape-Dawson\u2019s existing aviation business line, bringing a powerful combination of planning, design, and infrastructure capabilities to airport clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome the Coffman Associates team to the Pape-Dawson family,\u201d said Trey Dawson, President of Pape-Dawson. \u201cTheir specialized expertise in airport planning and well-earned reputation in the aviation industry are an incredible asset to our firm as we aim to provide more comprehensive services and resources to our airport clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJoining Pape-Dawson opens the door to exciting opportunities for both our team and our clients,\u201d said Dave Fitz, CEO of Coffman Associates. \u201cOur firms share a commitment to innovation, technical excellence, and client service. We look forward to working together to deliver more comprehensive planning and engineering support for airports nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pape-Dawson has acquired Coffman Associates, a nationally recognized airport planning firm with offices in Kansas and Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the firm\u2019s expanding aviation practice. Founded in 1979, Coffman Associates specializes in airport planning and associated environmental and noise\/land use studies. The firm\u2019s unmatched experience includes more than 600 airport master plans, 450 [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463","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=33463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33464,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33463\/revisions\/33464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}