Airports

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Airports

North Carolina City/County give back–a little

A plan implemented last year to offset the city and county tax burden on airplane owners at Pitt-Greenville (N.C.) Airport has attracted more aircraft owne
Safety

Screening Out Runway Incursions

FAA airport safety researchers have created a prototype taxiway screen that could help prevent runway incursions at airports with taxiways that pass well b
Airports

Small airfields form front lines of noise wars

The story that tells the economic fortunes of smaller metropolitan airfields in Europe is very much a tale of several cities.
Airports

Santa Monica Proposes Category C/D Jet Ban at SMO

The seven-member Santa Monica City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to forward a proposal that would ban Category C and D jets, which includes Gulfstre
Airports

DVD looks more closely at Van Nuys

If you liked One Six Right, the documentary about Van Nuys Airport with awesome flying sequences set to inspiring music, you’ll enjoy the new companion DVD
Airports

Land-use issues remain an obstacle for airports

Airport encroachment and land use might be the next big issue beyond user fees, said Bill Dunn, AOPA vice president of airports, at the American Associatio
Airports

State aviation directors’ creative solutions feted

State aviation directors across the country face myriad airport problems, including some that directly affect users, the future of airports and airport ope
Airports

Spain prepares to open two new runways

Spanish airports authority AENA said the new runways being built at Madrid Barajas Airport and Barcelona El Prat Airport will both be operational next summ
Airports

Touching Bases: New hangar at Hong Kong

Business aviation traffic continues to grow at Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok International Airport, and to serve that traffic, Hong Kong Business Aviation Centr
Airports

2nd suit filed in VNY noise dispute

XtraJet, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based charter firm, has become the second operator to be sued by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners for alleged
Airports

Handlers seek ways to avoid WEF crush at Zurich Airport

As it has in years past, the World Economic Forum (to be held in Davos, Switzerland, from January 23 through 27) will attract a number of high-ranking part
Airports

Airport Land Use Threatens GA Growth

Airport encroachment and land use might be the next big issue beyond user fees, AOPA vice president of airports Bill Dunn said last week at the American As
Airports

Teterboro EMAS Installation Delayed

The completion date for installation of an engineered material arresting system (EMAS) at the end of Teterboro Airport’s Runway 1-19 is “up in the air,” ac
Airports

GA Activity Declining at Westchester County

GA activity at Westchester County Airport in New York is declining, according to airport manager Peter Scherrer.
Airports

Salina Airport Authority Set To Expand

The Salina (Kan.) Airport Authority announced plans to build a new 69,000-sq-ft hangar and office complex in anticipation of continued growth at the SLN Av
Airports

Naples will appeal FAA ruling on Stage 2 ban

Naples Airport Authority (NAA) officials have appealed the FAA’s ruling, announced in early March, against the Florida airport’s ban on Stage 2 aircraft op
Airports

Commentary - Meigs: The Bigger Picture

The destruction of Meigs Field’s runway is viewed by enraged aviation interests as an act of vandalism to a public facility that would have landed any othe
Airports

Meigs fracas moves to the plodding stage

A pair of lawsuits against Mayor Daley and the city of Chicago are working their separate paths through state and federal courts, and legislation has been
Airports

Salina's new runway to open this month

Originally planned as a parallel runway, the new 4,300-foot strip at Salina Airport, Kan., is now offset by one magnetic degree from the main Runway 17-35
Safety

Controllers Charge That Safety at O’Hare Is ‘Unacceptable’

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) claims that a shortage of full-performance level (FPL) controllers at the Chicago Tracon–the natio
Airports

AOPA: Use $41M in AIP funds to buy Meigs

AOPA has proposed that the city of Chicago apply for $41 million in federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding to buy Meigs Field from its current o
Airports

FAA Considers Anti-noise Program for Rockford, Ill.

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for Greater Rockford Airport in Illinois.
Airports

Good news and not so good news

If you’re selling fuel at Kissimmee (Fla.) Airport, you’ve got a reason to smile.
Airports

Chicagoland airports give business aircraft operators many choices

At first glance Chicago seems much like a handful of other large metropolitan cities–a pair of airline hubs surrounded by a smattering of general aviation
Airports

Teterboro operator vows to fight weight proposal

It started several years ago when Boeing began selling its BBJ in numbers that the airline manufacturer never expected (25 in the first year, 82 overall si
Airports

Second operator sued over VNY noise ban

XtraJet, a Santa Monica, Calif.,-based charter firm, has become the second operator to be sued by the Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners for allege
Airports

FAA strikes down Naples Stage 2 ban

In what is being hailed by general aviation as a landmark decision, the FAA has ruled that the ban on Stage 2 aircraft at Naples Municipal Airport (APF), F
Airports

Magazine Poll Supports N.J. Airports

An online poll in New Jersey Monthly magazine has apparently launched the pilots’ jungle telegraph into action.
Airports

Capacity up at London City

The opening of a new runway hold point at London City Airport has increased the maximum number of hourly movements from 24 to 30.
Airports

It’s Position-and-hold for New Runway

Extending Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s Runway 13/31 is on hold.