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Nantucket Airport reviews options to avoid summer jet‑fuel shortages, including tank expansion and leased tanker strategy
Summary
Commissioners heard a staff report on plans to add up to 100,000 gallons of Jet A storage, and debated lower‑cost alternatives including leased refueler trucks and contracting changes to increase ferry reservations for fuel delivery.
Nantucket Airport commissioners on Tuesday discussed proposals to increase on‑island Jet A storage and alternative short‑term strategies to avoid the delivery bottlenecks that left the airport short of fuel during the summer. The airport’s consultant presented a sketch plan for four above‑ground 25,000‑gallon tanks (100,000 gallons total) sited in a rental‑car overflow lot adjacent to the existing fuel farm, with an early, program‑level cost estimate of about $22 million.
The plan matters because the airport’s problem, commissioners said, is primarily delivery capacity, not seasonal storage capacity. Airport Manager Warren Smith and consultant Rich Lassen of McFarland Johnson told the commission that additional storage would allow the airport to “bank” fuel in the off season, but would not by itself solve the ferry delivery constraints that have caused summer…
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