b'Pilots needing last-minute hangar space can click Book Now on the airports website to make a reservation using the Altaport system. Portable solutionsto improveAIRPORT SAFETYduring constructionProtect workers, equipment, and nearby structures from jet blast.Airport employees communicate withThe new hangar rental option further the company via a Slack channel and/ supports TRKs environmental position or real-time phone calls. As with all newthrough noise and emissions abatement. technology tools, there is a learning curveMenasco explains that offering short-term for the users and developers alike.hangar rentals helps reduce airfield noise Menasco reports that discoveryand aircraft emissions by decreasing the learning is occurring organically as moreposition and deposition legs into and out Our portable solutions are: transient aircraft use the system, whichof TRK, often to Reno and back in the Moved easily by forklift, he compares to a one-stop shop. Wesame day, particularly during inclement avoiding the need for permanentlike the ability to manipulate reservationsweather. With last-minute overnight rentalscivil work. and cancellations due to weather, and itavailable, some of these operations could Versatile with the durability has a nice Gantt chart as well, he says.be eliminated, making the airport a quieter, of permanent systems. Staff members are reportedly happy withcleaner neighbor.Available galvanized and the system and are already brainstormingIt would be more than nave to think powder-coated in FAA/ICAOideas for future versions.that short-term rentals will cure the compliant colors. Automation is the most importantongoing hangar shortage, and that is feature, Cozzens emphasizes. We arenot Altaports goal. However, the new trying to take work off the plates of theoption could eventually help relieve some airport managers. strainespecially in high-demand markets like Lake Tahoe. Add in the opportunity Good Neighbor Policy to collect more rental revenue and the For Menasco, the new reservation system ispotential to delay or stave off costly a tool to help optimize the airports existingconstruction, and its easy to see why TRK infrastructure and avoid the time, hasslehelped develop the concept. and expense of building new hangars. AsMenasco reports that a major push to Director of Aviation, he is determined topromote the program is on the horizon as spare the community from noise, trafficsystem refinements are completed. With congestion and other negative effectsthe great progress weve made, well start associated with additional construction.advertising the opportunity more, and we will Another aspect of the airports goodmake some targeted phone calls to tenants neighbor philosophy is its industry-leadingwe believe would be good candidates for move to sell sustainable aircraft fuel.the program, he says.For more information visit(Check out the May 2024 issue of Airport Image credit:Improvement for more information.) blastdeflectors.comSeptember 2025AirportImprovement.com'