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Airport manager reports FAA funding prospects, runway study and operational updates
Summary
At the April 16 Carson City Airport Authority meeting staff reported pending FAA grant decisions for several projects, plans to pursue a runway extension study, a firm change for the airport audit, and operational notes including increased activity and planned volunteer flights.
The Carson City Airport Authority received a status report April 16 on grant applications, capital planning and airport operations.
Airport staff and consultants said they are awaiting FAA decisions on several grant-funded projects, including an RSA drainage and improvements project and a main apron rehabilitation. The airport is also preparing a pavement-preservation project that staff said is not grant-funded but will be bid together with other projects for economies of scale. Wood Rodgers submitted a first draft of a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program to the airport manager for review.
Staff reported that Lochner (formerly Armstrong) is on track to begin groundwork next month for the SRE building and that an FAA flight test for an offset PAPI is expected at the same time. Airport staff said their primary capital focus is a possible runway extension; the manager told the board that recent federal funding outlooks and regional FAA comments make continued pursuit of a runway-extension study an appropriate priority. The airport's first grant in the current process will fund a forecasting update to determine the extent of any runway extension needed.
The manager also described procedural and operations items: an FAA "through the fence" permit review remains pending and subject to FAA timelines; an audit firm change from Casey Neilland to Hinton Burdick was announced after the prior auditor reduced staff; airport operations were up about 26% year-over-year for the month discussed; minor incidents included a brake failure with no accident and a person camping at the terminal that was addressed by the sheriff's office. A Raven helicopter conducting search-and-rescue operations used the airport as a base and successfully hoisted and relocated a person in need of assistance.
Staff noted the nonprofit group Dream Flights (also called Legacy Flights) plans volunteer flights for veterans on April 27 and that the group would be required to list the airport as additionally insured; the airport will not charge the nonprofit. The manager said fuel-sales data for the previous month were incomplete but overall activity has increased, likely for weather reasons.
The authority's auditor transition and shared auditor with the city were described as potentially streamlining audit work and aligning airport procedures more closely with city operations. No formal action was taken on these informational items.
