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Tucson airport, Davis-Monthan and Guard brief supervisors on shared-airspace safety and runway overhaul
Summary
Tucson Airport Authority, Davis-Monthan AFB and the Air National Guard told the Pima County Board of Supervisors they operate in tightly regulated shared airspace, described daily safety procedures and outlined airport airfield work that will change local flight paths and operations.
Tucson Airport Authority, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the Air National Guard briefed the Pima County Board of Supervisors on February 18 about how commercial, military and general aviation share and manage local airspace and how ongoing airfield construction at Tucson International Airport will affect operations.
The presenters said aviation remains tightly regulated and that responsibility is distributed among local airport operators, the Federal Aviation Administration, military units and air traffic control. Danette Bewley, president and CEO of the Tucson Airport Authority, described an Airfield Safety Enhancement Program at Tucson International — a approximately $400,000,000 project to relocate and commission a new runway parallel to the main runway to increase separation and redundancy, with runway commissioning scheduled in 2027 and project completion…
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