Airports

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

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
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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

NTSB: Runway Incursion System Inadequate

NTSB acting chairman Mark Rosenker said the FAA’s airport movement area safety system (AMASS) is not adequate to prevent serious runway collisions, citing
Airports

Noise Program Proposed for Boise, Idaho

The FAA is reviewing a proposed noise-compatibility program for Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field, Idaho.
Airports

Le Castellet DME offers new portal to French Riviera

Le Castellet International Airport in the south of France was set to activate distance- measuring equipment on October 27.
Airports

Victorville (Calif.) Woos Business Aviation

The Los Angeles area is not known for its friendliness to business aviation.
Airports

Politics allows Brown field to languish in San Diego

The city of San Diego took over Brown Field, a former naval air station, in 1962.
Airports

Port Authority prepares to battle FAA over TEB access

A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) told AIN its chairman, Anthony Coscia, would use “whatever means necessary,”
Airports

Airport Infrastructure Improvements

One of the biggest problems for Spanish business aviation operations from Madrid is the thorny issue of Barajas airport.
Airports

CRQ requesting operator comments on noise study

San Diego County, which has jurisdiction over the McClellan-Palomar Airport (CRQ), is currently updating its FAR Part 150 noise compatibility plan for the
FBOs

San Jose Jet Center Opens Hangar E for Business

A ribbon-cutting ceremony on August 19 officially opened Hangar E for business at California’s San Jose Jet Center.
Airports

Houston Businessman Plans Bizav Airport

After spending 14 years as a corporate pilot, Houston businessman Ron Henricksen announced plans for a business aviation airport on property he owns on the
Airports

Noise Abatement Plan Submitted for Fort Lauderdale

Management at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fla., has submitted a proposed noise compatibility program (under FAR Part 150 guidelines) to the FAA, whi
FBOs

TAG Aviation to build new executive

The TAG Aviation board of directors has approved the construction of a new operations and executive terminal building at Farnborough.