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Cleveland Airport board debates landing fees, fuel policy and AirNav listing
Summary
Board members, tenants and airport staff discussed whether to charge landing fees for heavy corporate jets, options to waive fees with minimum fuel purchases, concerns about grant assurances and ADS‑B tracking, and efforts to add Cleveland to AirNav so pilots can find fuel prices.
Airport board members, tenants and staff at the Cleveland Airport discussed possible new landing fees and related fuel policies during the board meeting, focusing on heavy corporate aircraft, how fees could be collected and ways to avoid discouraging fuel sales.
Airport staff member Aaron said the airport has seen two to three corporate jet visits weekly and that visiting pilots have approached staff asking how to pay a fee. “Those jets are…they're pounding it, weekly,” Aaron said, arguing the airport pays for runway maintenance and “we would like that fuel.”
Board members and tenants pressed caution. A pilot and tenant who described himself as a corporate operator said landing fees are a significant deterrent: “The minute you see…
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