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Board moves to FAA‑approved hangar rates, removes CPI step; aviation stakeholders warn of affordability concerns
Summary
The Board voted 4–1 to amend the 2025 county fee schedule for airport hangar rents, moving to AMCG/FAA-approved rates and removing a CPI escalation; staff estimated a roughly $55,876 revenue shortfall this fiscal year and said an ordinance and supplemental budget will follow.
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 amended the county’s 2025 fee schedule for airport hangar rents, directing staff to remove a planned CPI escalation and to set hangar rental rates at the levels recommended in the Aviation Management Consulting Group (AMCG) study that was reviewed with the FAA. The motion passed 4–1.
The move responds to sustained public comment from pilots, flight instructors and hangar tenants who said the AMCG study used comparables that do not reflect Humboldt County’s facilities and services, and that steep rent increases would threaten flight training, local aviation businesses and general aviation utilities the county relies on for disaster response.
County staff explained the background: an AMCG rate study completed in 2020 was reviewed and accepted…
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