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Local EAA chapter urges Suwannee County to tighten hangar leases to boost airport activity
Summary
Members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 797 told commissioners the county could increase fuel sales and FAA grant eligibility if hangar tenants were required to base airworthy aircraft at Suwannee County Airport; commissioners asked staff and the county attorney to review lease language and include pilots in revisions.
At the Feb. 4 Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners meeting, members of Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 797 asked the board to revise county hangar leases to encourage tenants to base airworthy aircraft at Suwannee County Airport and increase airport operations.
The request matters because airport operations (takeoffs and landings) are used to calculate certain state and federal airport grant allocations, speakers said. Frank Wing, who identified himself as a chapter representative, told commissioners, “airports are not funded through our property taxes at all.” He said fuel sales, FAA Airport Improvement Program grants and Florida Department of Transportation funds for fuel farms are the primary revenue sources the airport uses for improvements.
Wing and chapter president Ed Conrad described several community…
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