Airports
New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.
Charter & Fractional
Delay Likely for Runway Margin Requirement
The FAA is expected to push back “a few weeks” the implementation dates for the 15-percent runway safety margin requirement.
Charter & Fractional
Alphabets React to FAA Landing Distance Policy
NBAA and the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) expressed concern about the FAA’s June notice requiring the addition of a 15-percent landing-di
Charter & Fractional
Runway Margin Op Specs Still in Draft
The FAA had planned to deliver Operations Specifications C082 on calculating new landing-distance safety margins by June 30, but it is still in a
Airports
FAA: Closing L45 not an option
The FAA rejected an apparent request to close Bakersfield Municipal Airport (L45) sent by the mayor of Bakersfield, Calif., on January 5.
Airports
DFW Asks FAA To Go Beaconless
In an unusual request, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) last month filed a petition with the FAA asking permission to operate without a rotati
Airports
Teterboro users, neighbors reach voluntary agreement
The dark clouds that have hung over Teterboro Airport for many months about issues of noise, safety and security evaporated at a press conference last mont
Airports
Chicago Defends Bulldozing News
Responding to an FAA investigation into whether or not funds intended for O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago were used illegally to destroy Meigs Field
Safety
JFK To Get Infrared De-icing System
An infrared de-icing system is scheduled to be operational late this winter at New York John F.
Airports
London City reports increased bizav traffic
At press time, London City Airport was expecting to have received a total of 7,000 business aviation movements last year–a level of traffic it had not been
Airports
Oxford Selectman Opposes Approach Lights
August Palmer, a selectman in Oxford, Conn., opposes adding approach lights to the master plan at the town’s Waterbury-Oxford Airport.
Airports
Van Nuys documentary to land at theaters soon
In his producing and directing debut, Brian Terwilliger wanted to make an epic movie about the romance of flying, of all things.
Airports
Some airports heeding calls for cost control
When corporate headquarters in Atlanta called on Comair to fly Bombardier CRJs three times a day from Cincinnati into Missouri’s Springfield-Branson Region
Airports
D.C. Airports Reel from ADIZ Losses
While debate rages over whether the “temporary” Washington metropolitan area air defense identification zone (ADIZ) should be morphed into a permanent ADIZ
Safety
ASDE-X To Improve Runway Safety
Airport surface detection equipment model X (ASDE-X), designed to help controllers spot potential runway collisions, will be installed at 15 airports begin
Airports
Second Teterboro Advisory Issued
Last month, the FAA followed up on a March 11 e-mail, warning pilots about lax departure operations at Teterboro Airport (TEB), N.J.
Airports
XJet Club brreaks ground at Centennial Airport
XJet Club broke ground late last month for its 100,000-sq-ft facility at Centennial Airport near Denver.
Safety
Elephant de-icing rigs arrive in North America
Business aircraft pilots taxiing into Toronto Pearson’s de-icing area this winter will see–since they’re hard to miss–two large truck-mounted de-icing unit
Airports
New Bangkok Heliport
The new Bangkok City Heliport is due to open by April, giving convenient access to the center of Thailand’s notoriously congested capital.
Airports
TEB Fees Set To Increase January 1
Landing fees are scheduled to increase at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport (TEB).
Airports
FAA Reviewing Airport Noise Proposal
The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for Collin County Regional Airport in McKinney, Texas.
Airports
Manassas prospers after 9/11
Tucked into the southwest corner of the Washington ADIZ lies Manassas Regional Airport (HEF), a bustling, rapidly growing general aviation facility with pa
Airports
FAA levies fines on Chicago; stiffer penalties possible
One year ago this month, the FAA said it would take legal action against the city of Chicago because officials failed to notify the agency 30 days before c
FBOs
Municipally Operated Avitat Upgrading at Shenandoah Valley
Gregory Campbell, executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport Commission, has high hopes for the airport-operated Avitat FBO.
FBOs
Katrina’s effect on fuel prices still unfolding
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina the surge in auto-fuel prices–with the per-gallon increases lagging just hours behind the rising flood waters–was at the f
FBOs
Airports and FBOs start cleaning up
Dial the number for Million Air at New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW) and there is nothing on the other end.
Airports
TEB Getting System To Stop Aircraft
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey authorized the installation of an engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) at the departure end of Runway
Airports
One Volunteer’s Account of Bizav Relief Efforts
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, I watched the news and felt helpless.
