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Payson residents and aviators press council on hangar lease rates, airport amenities and EAA roundabout airplane support
Summary
Several airport users told council they face higher per‑square‑foot hangar rates, lease restrictions and unclear lease terms; Experimental Aircraft Association volunteers asked for a town letter supporting an ADOT encroachment permit for an airplane display on a roundabout.
Multiple Payson residents, pilots and airport advocates used the meeting’s public comment period to press council and staff about airport management, hangar lease terms and a separate local aviation project.
Tom West, president of the local Experimental Aircraft Association chapter and renter of three hangars at the PHO (Payson Municipal Airport), said lease rates assigned to older, smaller hangars were substantially higher on a per‑square‑foot basis than rates for larger hangars at the fuel pits. He said current leases do not allow multiple signers, LLCs or corporate lessees,…
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