AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT Magazine

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving and safe holiday travels if you are in the air! 🍂🦃✈️

When Hampton Roads Executive Airport (PVG) in Chesapeake, VA, went on the market through a bankruptcy auction, most people saw a tract of marshy land with old runways and a few rickety buildings. But Steven Fox and two other principals of Virginia Aviation Associates LLC saw the chance to preserve a historic airfield and develop it into something even better. Read full article ➡️ https://buff.ly/48FLlSL

The new issue you’re holding in your hands, or looking at on your screen, is our last edition of 2024. It’s been a good year. No, it’s been a great year for most of us in the airport industry. There is much to be thankful for: high volumes of passenger traffic, a huge number of safety and capacity projects completed or still taking place, and funding available to support this exciting growth. Read full article ➡️ https://buff.ly/3Ay19Ky

🛫Show and Tell🛬 Trecan Combustion Limited with David MacEachern Full video>

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Denver International Airport - City & County of Denver Dept of Aviation with the opening of Santa’s Layover Lounge, the world’s first airport holiday pop-up bar. Read more > https://buff.ly/491iMzl

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE AT MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INT’L, AND IT’S FREE Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) is advancing the commercial side of MSP’s environmental efforts by striking up a strategic partnership program with Pentair, a global business with its main U.S. office in a nearby Minneapolis suburb. Read full article ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hykAU5

Naples Airport Authority TRANSITIONS TO FLUORINE-FREE FIREFIGHTING FOAM The strategy for the South Florida airport is to replace aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF), which contains toxic per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS), with new fluorine-free foam. Read full article ➡️ https://buff.ly/3Cg0bD7

The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IND) played host to a naturalization ceremony November 12 that celebrated 47 individuals who became new U.S. citizens. 🇺🇸 Amid vibrant displays of American flags in the airport’s appropriately named Civic Plaza, individuals who have immigrated from 24 countries spanning the globe raised their right hands and took the Oath of Citizenship surrounded by friends and family. Distinguished leaders and guests from the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Office of Senator Mike Braun and the Office of Congressman Andre Carson attended the event. The airport’s Honor Guard, made up of airport police and firefighters, also presented the colors and the Ben Davis Premiers performed the National Anthem. The ceremony was presided over by the Honorable Jane E. Magnus-Stinson. Newly naturalized citizen Abdullah Zedan, the youngest of the candidates, led the Pledge of Allegiance. Gadi Rwenyaguza, the oldest of the newly naturalized citizens, was presented with an American flag from The International Center.

🛫Show and Tell🛬 Fentress Architects with Curt Fentress https://buff.ly/3Oa3vmc

Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) - O'Hare & Midway International Airports Commissioner Jamie Rhee opens the 17th annual Airports Going Green in Chicago this morning. More than 250 individuals are registered for the event - a record breaker! Airports Going Green® (AGG) is the aviation industry’s leading forum on sustainability led by the Chicago Department of Aviation and co-hosted by AAAE. Since its beginning, AGG has enjoyed international recognition from airports, airlines, industry associations, and government agencies. Conference attendees participate in key discussions with airport business partners, government leaders, and top-level speakers from around the world.