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Hastings Municipal Airport reports passenger, training and maintenance growth; seeks a based jet to access larger federal funding
Summary
Airport manager Matt briefed council on expanded services, a new maintenance operation (J and S Aviation), high annual flight activity, apron and lighting projects, and a campaign to secure federal funding tied to obtaining a based jet.
Matt, Hastings' airport manager, told the city council the Hastings Municipal Airport has grown its general aviation operations and facilities in recent years and is pursuing a based jet to improve the airport's eligibility for additional federal funding.
"We want to be the best general aviation airport that we can be," Matt said, describing the field's role in training, business, medical and agricultural aviation. He said the airport has two runways (crosswind runways totaling almost 11,000 feet), more than 40 based aircraft and an estimated 22,000 takeoffs and landings per year based on the Nebraska Department of Transportation's past licensing estimate.
Matt credited a full-service fixed-based operator (FBO) and a…
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