Officials: More tie-downs needed at new general aviation facility

Officials of the aviation services SheltAir Holiday traffic workers from private aircraft in general aviation facility at the airport, the new show the need for more of the astronaut and parking, on Tuesday.
Said Scott Daniluk SheltAir Aviation Director-General (General Assembly) facility is currently and 30 tie-down spaces for aircraft, 18 which are used on a permanent basis, but up to 60 aircraft a need for tie downs during the Labor Day holiday.
“There is no shortage of tie downs on the basis of a natural,” said Daniluk. “But workers Holiday weekend really kind of a shock to us.”
Tie downs are parking the plane where the pilots can use the ropes to connect the wings of their planes to the metal hooks drilled into the pavement and securing aircraft from the weather and heavy storms.
“It’s kind of the same principle as the boat dock,” said Daniluk.
SheltAir since moved from the old airport in Panama City on the new North West Florida International Airport near the western shores of the Gulf, he Daniluk witnessed a rise of 20 percent in the number of aircraft it services.
SheltAir, which fuels and services private aircraft, is operating only such facility in the new airport, while there were two in the old airport site. Daniluk said a lot of heavy traffic in the festivity of the workers and the aircraft was flying in from Destin.
, “Said Randy Curtis, Executive Director of the new airport, SheltAir plans to add up to four acres of additional space on the” slope “, or parking spaces for the purchase of private jets, complete with additional tie downs. SheltAir will pay to work.
One piece of the puzzle general aviation, which is still in limbo is the final build of the runway and 5000 feet cross a companion to the main runway 10000 feet of commercial aviation.
Curtis said the land has been cleared and prepared for flattening and completed designs. All that remains is for the Board of Directors of the airport to search for the source of funding included $ 18 million extra.
“It’s really the issue of funding,” said Curtis. “We’ve completed all the designs.”
The original plans have stalled financial intersecting runway 5000 feet through the construction of the airport and board members struggled with issues such as extending the main runway to 10000 feet concrete and contracting with a company to market the airport to the industry.
Council members also were forced to shell out more than $ 3 million in expensive, are not included in the budget sod to stop erosion problems rain water, as well as to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines imposed by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Curtis said the airport was looking at a number of funding sources, including the Florida Department of Transportation grant and increase revenue from the airport a boost in business processes.