WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently awarded $10.2 million in FAA grants to six airports around the country to reduce emissions and improve air quality through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE) program. VALE is designed to reduce all sources of airport ground emissions in areas of marginal air quality, FAA […]
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M11 celebrates new runway with Nov. 1 Fly-In
COPIAH, Miss. – The first new runway constructed in more than a decade in the state of Mississippi will be unveiled at a celebratory ribbon cutting and fly-in at the Copiah County Airport (M11) on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. The new 4,000-foot runway, with runway lights and pilot navigational aids, replaces an outdated […]
Fire destroys hangars, airplanes at 1W1
A fire tore through a row of hangars at Grove Field (1W1) in Camas, Wash., Oct. 6, destroying several airplanes and vintage automobiles. When firefighters arrived at the airport — which is about 20 miles northeast of Portland, Ore. — at 10:24 p.m., they found the hangar doors and roofs had been blown off by […]
Group requests landing fee exemption for based aircraft at ISP
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President and CEO Thomas L. Hendricks recently wrote to the Town of Islip, N.Y., requesting it drop recently imposed landing fees on based aircraft at Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP). The town imposed landing fees on all aircraft effective Sept. 1, 2014, and for the first time made them applicable to […]
Flight activity picks up at ISM for NBAA
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Officials at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) say they are expecting increased flight activity during the week of Oct. 19-24, in association with the National Business Aviation Association Convention. The convention is held every other year at the Orlando-Orange County Convention Center, and has the highest economic impact of any recurring convention in Orlando. […]
Soaring deer population poses threat for pilots
Soaring deer populations are nuisances for airports and threats to pilots and planes, according to a report from ABC News. From 1990 to 2013, there were 1,088 collisions between planes and deer, elk, moose and caribou, according to a recent joint report by the Federal Aviation Administration and the Agriculture Department. Most of the planes suffered […]
AOPA lobbies for more flexibility when it comes to hangars
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is pressing the FAA to offer pilots and aircraft owners more flexibility when it comes to the use of hangars at airports that have received federal funding. In formal comments filed Sept. 18, AOPA urges the FAA to expand its definition of “aeronautical use” and to give the […]
New Compass Rose at Martin County Airport
A new compass rose pad was recently constructed at the Martin County Airport in Stuart, Florida. A compass rose is a calibration tool for pilots to use to check that their on board compass is accurately tuned. Martin County’s new and improved compass rose features the Martin County logo as the centerpiece. The new compass […]
Changes coming to North Texas airspace this week
The FAA is readying the launch of its second NextGen-related airspace revision project of the year, with significant changes to arrival and departure procedures over the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area scheduled to go into effect Thursday, Sept. 18. The North Texas Metroplex project will replace most standard terminal arrival route (STAR) and standard instrument […]