b'EMERGENCY OPERATIONSAVL25promotional information, with crucial emergency information onairport operations and to support the military. On Monday, requests the home page. Once staff was able to access the sites contentfor backup were issued to commercial airports in North Carolina management system several days after the storm, it was an easierand the Southeast Airports Disaster Operations Group (SEADOG), process to tear down the traditional website home page andan informal collection of airports that band together to provide replace it with the dark website content. This was the first timeoperational assistance to other airports hit by natural disasters.AVL had used the dark website.By late Monday, the first support teams arrived from Charlotte On Sunday, Buncombe County in partnership with VerizonDouglas International Airport (CLT), which is about two hours Wireless Crisis Response Team delivered a Starlink internet unit tosoutheast of Asheville. That team included a former U.S. Army the airport. By Monday morning, it was operational and providingsergeant with a logistics background. He helped us walk through connectivity to the passenger processing systems and a handful ofthe organization of it all and make recommendations to the Army other critical systems. Importantly, this allowed airlines to resumeNational Guard on how to set up, Farmer says. flight operations.Over the next two weeks, 83 workers from eight airports Airport authorities subsequently approved the purchase oftraveled to Asheville to support the AVL team. Their work included equipment to improve communications, including satellite phones,law enforcement, firefighting, maintenance, custodial services, additional radios and charging banks, UHF/VHF antenna upgradescommunications, airport operations, emergency management and (to enhance radio coverage), Starlink satellite units and a Plumlogistics.Case high-speed cellular internet/voice communication kit. All the airlines that serve AVL also sent supplies for their employees. In South Carolina, the Charleston convention and Assistance from Neighboring Airports visitors bureau partnered with Charleston Airport and Breeze Farmer says it became apparent by the end of the first weekendAirways to charter an aircraft that delivered food and supplies that even with the AVL teams commitment to its rapidly evolvingfor AVL workers. Sun Country Airlines sent a plane loaded with emergency services role, outside assistance was needed to sustainsupplies as well.DISPLAY SYSTEALMN S, I NOIAT C.NRE RDTNI02519822Asheville Regional Airport Terminal Modernization & ExpansionWe Innovate. You Arrive. IDSPIDS.COMAirportImprovement.comMay | June 2025'