A simple maintenance request has turned into a fight for Detroit’s Coleman A. Young International Airport (DET). The flying club’s request to fix a hangar door attracted the city administration’s attention, according to officials with the new Coleman A. Young International Airport Education Association. “We first approached the airport manager, and eventually attracted the city administration’s […]
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First transient hangar opens at KAPS
The first transient hangar has opened at the Port of South Louisiana Executive Regional Airport (KAPS) in Reserve, Louisiana. Designed by NY Associates and built by Justin J. Reeves, LLC, the 6,363-square-foot hangar can accommodate a variety of large corporate and business aircraft, which are using the airport on a more frequent basis, according to […]
New hangars planned at FXE
FORT LAUDERDALE — Sheltair has revealed its plan to develop the last remaining open plot of land on the north side of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). To be completed in the spring of 2019, the development will include 157,000 square feet of hangar space and an additional 31,000 square feet of office and shop […]
New corporate hangars planned at AUS and HOU
Western LLC, a real estate development firm with a focus on aviation, has signed a deal with Signature Flight Support to bring new corporate hangars to William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston, Texas, and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) in Austin, Texas. According to officials, Western is in the initial phases of these new corporate […]
Improvements at KLXT spur regional growth
Recent projects at Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport (LXT) in Missouri took nearly 20 years to complete, but with a new runway extension and acquisition of a hangar complex, the airport is now positioned to attract more business. Lee’s Summit, 16 miles southeast of Kansas City, is one of the fastest growing communities in the state […]
Volunteers continue to care for Death Valley’s airstrips
DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – The Recreational Aviation Foundation (RAF) and the National Park Service (NPS) recently renewed their agreement addressing maintenance on the three airstrips in Death Valley National Park. Volunteers will perform maintenance on public airstrips at Furnace Creek, Stovepipe Wells, and Saline Valley. “The RAF and the NPS have been successfully partnering for […]
Judge reverses order to stop SMO runway shortening
Pilots who fly into Southern California’s Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) will soon need to prepare for runway closures and construction, as a District Court judge denied a preliminary injunction and dissolved a temporary restraining order (TRO) to halt the city’s planned runway shortening project. The City of Santa Monica has been authorized to reduce […]
Runway incursion study helps find solutions at PAJN
The FAA has made mitigating runway incursions a focal point over the past few years, aiming to reduce airfield risk factors that could ultimately lead to collisions between aircraft. At Juneau International Airport (PAJN) outside the capital city of Alaska, a new runway incursion mitigation (RIM) study showed that 50 runway incursions had occurred since 2004. […]
GA airport steps up in wake of Hurricane Harvey
As one of the only Houston area airports with the facilities to support military aircraft, and one of the only ones that were open during Hurricane Harvey flooding, Houston Executive Airport provided support for Army Reserve and National Guard units from all over the United States flying rescue and support operations during the flooding. The airport […]