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Spanish Fork airport landing fees bring early revenue and spur board-structure changes discussion
Summary
Two weeks after the city implemented landing fees at Spanish Fork Municipal Airport, staff reported roughly $5,000 in revenue and an 18.5% drop in operations; councilors discussed changing the airport-board makeup to include two council members and the public-works director and to expand patron membership to users within 25 miles.
Spanish Fork city staff reported Aug. 19 that two weeks of landing fees at the Spanish Fork Municipal Airport generated roughly $5,000 and coincided with an 18.5% decline in operations; councilors used the meeting to discuss proposed changes to the airport board—s composition and duties. The council heard that fees were assessed by aircraft weight categories and that the first two weeks produced about $3,800 from light general-aviation aircraft (under 5,000 pounds), about $295 from medium aircraft (5,000–12,500 pounds) and roughly $1,100 from larger aircraft, for a total near $5,000. Christian G.…
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