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Commission sets priority to repair three airport access gates, asks staff for cost estimates
Summary
The commission voted unanimously to prioritize asphalt repairs at Gate 263, Gate 270 and Gate 300 (option 1). Staff will seek cost estimates for inclusion in next year’s budget.
The Kingman Municipal Airport Commission voted unanimously to prioritize repairs at three airport access gates and directed staff to obtain cost estimates for the work.
Airport staff presented three access points — Gate 263 (southern access serving maintenance and commercial operators and several private hangars), Gate 270 (access to T-hangars used primarily by general aviation) and Gate 300 (primary access for medical flights and maintenance facilities). Staff described the work as removing existing pavement and safety loops, then installing approximately 2 inches of new asphalt. Estimated areas were about 1,800 square feet at Gate 263, 2,000 square feet at Gate 270 and about 15,000 square feet at Gate 300; staff said work would include paving the gravel approach to keypads to reduce rock tracking onto the airfield.
Staff presented six priority/options packages that rearranged the order of the three gates. Commissioners discussed usage patterns — staff said the system does not record gate-by-gate counts — and safety concerns focused on foreign object debris (FOD) being tracked onto the airfield, especially where heavy trucks access the southern gate. Several commissioners and airport staff said larger vehicles and semi-trucks commonly use Gate 263; jets are particularly susceptible to FOD ingestion.
After discussion, a commissioner moved to adopt “option 1” (priority 1: Gate 263; priority 2: Gate 270; priority 3: Gate 300). The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Commissioners asked staff to obtain firm estimates for all three gates and noted this work was being placed in next year’s budget rather than completed in the current fiscal year.
Staff said they have already contacted at least one company to prepare estimates and that crack sealing and T-hangar pavement work are also being scoped for bidding.
The commission’s direction is to return with cost estimates and a procurement plan so the work can be scheduled if funds are included in the next fiscal-year budget.
