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Airport operations update: runway lighting fixes, obstruction removal and FAA grants in progress
Summary
Maintenance staff described interim runway-lighting fixes and long-term FAA funding timelines; consultant Corey Sigford recapped AIP/BIL-funded projects, obstruction removal bids, taxiway construction and upcoming ALP/AEGIS updates at Sandpoint and Priest River airports.
Maintenance and engineering updates at the meeting explained both short-term repairs to keep runways operable and longer-term FAA-funded projects that will require county matching funds.
Dale Lockwood, Bonner County Airport maintenance manager, reported crews disabled and are replacing noncompliant buried runway lighting at Priest River after FAA inspection identified exposed wiring. Lockwood said parts donated by Coeur d'Alene Airport and an electrician with aviation experience have helped steady the system while the county waits on full runway lighting replacement funded by the FAA.
Lockwood and airport staff described the runway lighting systems at both Sandpoint and Priest River as older direct-burial installations without service cans, making…
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