Jennifer Daack Woolson, Author at Airport Improvement

Fuel System Upgrades at Mitchell Int’l Benefit Tenant Airlines and Nearby Airports

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | Oct 1, 2020 | Fuel Operations

For decades, Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) received its jet fuel from an off-airport Shell storage facility supplied by a pipeline running from Chicago-area refineries up the western shore of Lake Michigan through Milwaukee to Green Bay, WI. But in 2016, the pipeline operator decided to decommission the segment of pipeline north of Milwaukee, and Shell consequently announced plans to sell the facility that supplied all of MKE’s jet fuel.

Pedestrian Bridge Facilitates Construction of New Arrivals & Departures Hall at LaGuardia Terminal B

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | Sep 1, 2020 | Terminals

New York is the city that never sleeps. That’s the level of energy brought by the private consortium that recently redeveloped the Terminal B Arrivals and Departures Hall at LaGuardia Airport (LGA), one of the largest airport construction projects in the world.

Oakland Int’l Creates Task Force to Prepare for Current & Future Passengers

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | Jul 1, 2020 | Terminals

In mid-March, just as most of us started using the phrase ‘social distancing’ and began wondering how the impending shelter-in-place orders would affect our states, Oakland International Airport (OAK) in California was dealing with one of its first ‘unprecedented’ events related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transformation of Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Finishes with North & South Concourses

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | May 1, 2020 | Terminals

Before design of the $590 million Terminal 3 Modernization Project at Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Phoenix began in 2013, about 30 stakeholders held a workshop to establish goals for the project. Consensus within the group was to ‘create a world-class facility that was value-oriented, efficient and created a sense of place.’

New Addition at Tallahassee Int’l Creates World’s Largest On-Airport Solar Farm

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | Mar 1, 2020 | Environmental

Building the world’s largest airport-based solar farm doesn’t come without challenges. But the team developing the new 320-acre, 42-megawatt (MWac) solar farm at Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) prevailed’and also shattered previous records for renewable energy production for airport sited solar farms. When the new facility became operational in January 2020, it joined TLH’s other solar farm that came online in 2018. Together, the two solar farms span 400 acres and produce 62 MWac per year, vaulting the Florida airport well ahead of other industry standouts.

Operation Airdrop Brings Post-Hurricane Relief With Help of Airports & Volunteers

by Jennifer Daack Woolson | Oct 1, 2019 | Emergency Operations

In September 2018, Hurricane Florence dumped 35 inches of rain on the Carolinas, with winds gusting up to 130 mph. The Category 4 storm created widespread flooding that closed major freeways and other roads for days after landfall, completely cutting off access for 120,000 people in Wilmington, NC, and many more in surrounding communities.

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Fuel System Upgrades at Mitchell Int’l Benefit Tenant Airlines and Nearby Airports

Pedestrian Bridge Facilitates Construction of New Arrivals & Departures Hall at LaGuardia Terminal B

Oakland Int’l Creates Task Force to Prepare for Current & Future Passengers

Transformation of Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor Finishes with North & South Concourses

New Addition at Tallahassee Int’l Creates World’s Largest On-Airport Solar Farm

Operation Airdrop Brings Post-Hurricane Relief With Help of Airports & Volunteers

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