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KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP)
The future of Kutztown Airport is
up in the air.
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The owner of the property isn't
going to renew the ten-year lease
on the 90 acres in Maxatawny Township.
Officials learned of the decision a
week before the airport's 60th anniversary.
Nicholas Prikis of Kutztown has owned
the site for 12 years. He says he's
willing to allow the airport to stay in
operation through its busy summer season
but wants it to close by September or
October.
Prikis says he doesn't have another
tenant but doesn't want to commit to
another ten-year lease.
Officials are asking the state Department
of Transportation's Bureau of Aviation to
conduct a feasibility study of other possible
locations nearby.
The airport was officially opened as the
Kutztown Airpark on May 30th, 1945.
It has more than 20 employees and about
47 people have planes in hangars there.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Lifted from the thread on Quakertown FBO. I thought this one was too important to not discuss. What can we do?
I am not based there but this is a regular food stop for me. The Kutztown Diner is one of the few fly in places that I know of where you can park the plane on the grass outside the diner, and walk in and eat. The runway, with it's big dip in the middle, and smaller dip on the north end is, to say the least, unique. Excellent and challenging TOL training. The place is quite viable for a small GA facility, with active parachute drops and glider training, as well as biplane rides.
Is there anyone on here connected with AOPA who can pass this info along? Robert? I think it would be a genuine shame to lose this place, a real loss to Central Pa.
Jim G
The future of Kutztown Airport is
up in the air.
http://http://www.whtm.com...img]" border=0>
The owner of the property isn't
going to renew the ten-year lease
on the 90 acres in Maxatawny Township.
Officials learned of the decision a
week before the airport's 60th anniversary.
Nicholas Prikis of Kutztown has owned
the site for 12 years. He says he's
willing to allow the airport to stay in
operation through its busy summer season
but wants it to close by September or
October.
Prikis says he doesn't have another
tenant but doesn't want to commit to
another ten-year lease.
Officials are asking the state Department
of Transportation's Bureau of Aviation to
conduct a feasibility study of other possible
locations nearby.
The airport was officially opened as the
Kutztown Airpark on May 30th, 1945.
It has more than 20 employees and about
47 people have planes in hangars there.
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Lifted from the thread on Quakertown FBO. I thought this one was too important to not discuss. What can we do?
I am not based there but this is a regular food stop for me. The Kutztown Diner is one of the few fly in places that I know of where you can park the plane on the grass outside the diner, and walk in and eat. The runway, with it's big dip in the middle, and smaller dip on the north end is, to say the least, unique. Excellent and challenging TOL training. The place is quite viable for a small GA facility, with active parachute drops and glider training, as well as biplane rides.
Is there anyone on here connected with AOPA who can pass this info along? Robert? I think it would be a genuine shame to lose this place, a real loss to Central Pa.
Jim G