Airports
New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.
FAA will return to the use of a mobile air traffic control tower at JYO as it continues to demonstrate the remote tower concept.
The FAA is hoping Palm Beach County will voluntarily come into compliance.
Attendees have to take a shuttle bus from the exhibit hall to a new-location static display area due construction of the airport passenger terminal.
When complete, the facility will have 120,000 sq ft of hangar, office and shop space, 6.9 acres of ramp space and a 22,000-sq-ft FBO terminal.
The appeals court is referring a case regarding the Santa Monica Airport to a merits panel for further review.
According to the plan, the currently 5,000-foot runway at SMO would be shortened to 3,500 feet by the end of the year.
London Oxford Airport Continues to Raise Profile
Thanks to prodding by the Canadian Business Aviation Association, the current runway rehabilitation schedule is now scheduled to end on or about May 16.
Operators of the dedicated general aviaiton airport say the move will increase the location's flexibility and capacity.
By December, the city of Santa Monica hopes to complete the project to shorten the runway at Santa Monica Airport to 3,500 feet.
