factsfigures Project: Bank loan to complete runway reconstruction Location: Tulsa Int'l Airport Owner: Tulsa Airport Authority Budget for Remaining Runway Work: $30 million Scope: 7,000 ft. center section; 600 ft. intersection Maximum Loan: $14.6 million Lending...
factsfigures Project: Airfield Lighting Control & Monitoring System, with Surface Movement Guidance & Control System (SMGCS) control Location: Vancouver Int’l Airport Project Budget: $2.5 million Owner: Vancouver Int’l Airport Authority...
In a move that promises to cut mowing to just once a year and reduce wildlife hazards, Erie International Airport (ERI) planted about 95 acres of a special low-growth grass last summer. Although the special species cost about $90,000 more than standard grass, ERI...
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) pioneered new marketing territory this summer, when a multi-year, multi-faceted advertising and sponsorship agreement took effect between American Express and the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA). The partnership...
With 28 customer satisfaction awards to its credit since the Airport Service Quality survey began in 2002, Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) in Nova Scotia has a keen sense of the assessment tool's value in improving visitor satisfaction. "We get...
Approximately 150 people packed the new airport emergency operations center (AEOC) at the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) during an emergency exercise tabletop drill in June 2011. The more spacious facility was a vast improvement over the tiny...
After Southwest Airlines acquired AirTran Airways last year, its Checked Baggage Inspection System (CBIS) at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) went from taxed to overloaded. "Our flights peak at 199 flights per day, and AirTran...
After operating Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) since 1946, the city of Syracuse, NY, is gradually turning the facility over to a public authority: the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA). Once the process is completed, likely by year's end,...
The new combination parking garage/office building at Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon was designed to be an energy-efficient structure, and statistics from its first year of operation are bearing that out. The top portion - 205,000 square feet of...
With active general aviation traffic, Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR) could no longer route such passengers through a former Air Force base operations built in 1956. "The old terminal was at capacity for GA aircraft and was not consistent with the type of...
In an effort to control glycol recovery and improve deicing times, Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) took over US Airways' deicing operations last winter and purchased 28 new deicing trucks. Officials reasoned that the airport should assume responsibility...
factsfigures Project: Airfield Lighting Field Electrical Center with Associated Control & Monitoring System Location: Abbotsford Int'l Airport Building Size: 32 feet long; almost 24 feet wide Project Budget: $1.4 million (USD) Funding: Canada Infrastructure...
factsfigures Project: Parking Facility Location: Edmonton Int'l Airport Alberta, Canada Building: 3,000 sq. ft. Construction: Dec. 2009 - Aug. 2010 Designer: Barr Ryder Architects Contractor: Stuart Olson Dominion Parking Capacity: 3,300 spaces Online Reservation...
Faced with the prospect of having to clear snow for more aircraft, but do so with fewer staff members, Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM) in Horseheads, NY, recently purchased a $757,000 vehicle that allows a single operator to simultaneously plow and sweep....
After investigating the option of contracting out police services for Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville Aviation Authority (JAA) recently decided to keep services in-house, but make some changes to the department. As part of a general review of its...
Facts & Figures Project: North Terminal Development Location: Miami International Airport Building: 3.5 million sq. ft. Cost: $2.94 billion Project Completion: 2011 General Contractor: Parsons Odebrecht Joint Venture Original Concept/Schematic Design Architect:...
Just like their customers, northern airports dread delays caused by snow events. To speed snow removal at Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport, airport authority Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) replaced nearly all of its fleet of snow removal vehicles and...
With room for 6,500 vehicles and 16 car rental companies, the new four-level, $383 million rental car center (RCC) at Miami International Airport (MIA) had an instant impact on the airport, passengers and surrounding streets when it opened in July. Gone is the...
