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Claremore airport manager reports hangar growth, ALP work and multimillion-dollar taxiway project
Summary
Airport manager Cody Linder reported an Airport Layout Plan under FAA review, tenant growth (about 35 on a wait list), fuel sales (about 41,000 Avgas and 62,000 Jet), roughly 13,000 annual aircraft operations, a nearly $4.2 million taxiway mill-and-overlay project, septic system capacity issues, and plans for perimeter fencing and runway maintenance.
Cody Linder, the airport manager, gave a quarterly update to the council on airport operations, capital projects and tenant activity.
Linder said the airport's Airport Layout Plan (ALP) update has been submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration for review; successful ALP approval is important for qualifying for FAA and state funding. He described a split between commercial hangars on one side of the field and smaller T-hangars on the other and said the airport maintains a wait list of about 35 active members seeking hangar space.
Linder noted completed improvements to the FBO and an attached 4,200-square-foot hangar, and described the need to overhaul a septic system that currently serves the facility and is "extremely over capacity" (he described it as sized for roughly 65 people). He highlighted tenant growth, including new maintenance and repair services and a flight school operating on-site.
On operational metrics, Linder reported sales of Avgas and Jet fuel in the past year of about 41,000 and 62,000 units respectively and estimated roughly 13,000 aircraft operations (takeoffs and landings) for the fiscal year. He emphasized safety and staff training through National Air Transportation Association (NATA) programs and noted partnerships that reduced costs for some equipment purchases.
For capital improvements, Linder described a nearly one-mile full mill-and-overlay for a parallel taxiway, to correct FAA noncompliance and improve safety; he estimated that project at about $4.2 million. He also described planned runway preventative maintenance, north-taxi-lane repairs and phase-one perimeter fencing with barbed wire to reduce wildlife and unauthorized access.
Council members thanked Linder for the update and staff offered to host council members at the airport for a tour.
