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Not Gaston's related, but heading to Gastons, I looked at the Albuquerque sectional and saw something I hadn't see when I was living there....a BRAND NEW AIRPORT!!!

N17, Vaughn, NM. Brand new.

http://www.airnav.com/airport/N17

What do you think of that??
 
Everskyward said:
You could always have your southwest FlyBQ there to celebrate. ;)
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Now that right there is a good idea! :yes: Give it a little kick-start, and bring some business in.

The coolest part is that it's a city-owned airport. Can you imagine trying to convince a city council to drop a bunch of dough on something like an airport in most places these days? Especially since this is probably (like most of NM) a low-income area.

Very very very cool. :yes:
 
Interestingly enough, they are planning on building a 'reliever' airport northwest of Des Moines within the next couple of years. I'm not sure why DSM needs a reliever... :dunno: but they've done the land/DNR survey and actually had to move the site of the new "Dallas County Muni (I think)".
 
CJones said:
Interestingly enough, they are planning on building a 'reliever' airport northwest of Des Moines within the next couple of years. I'm not sure why DSM needs a reliever... :dunno: but they've done the land/DNR survey and actually had to move the site of the new "Dallas County Muni (I think)".
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Are you talking about the "West Metro Regional"? One of the sites they proposed would have bordered my parents house. I figure a private taxiway to their house would be in order.
 
CJones said:
Interestingly enough, they are planning on building a 'reliever' airport northwest of Des Moines within the next couple of years. I'm not sure why DSM needs a reliever... :dunno: but they've done the land/DNR survey and actually had to move the site of the new "Dallas County Muni (I think)".
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They really do need something on the west side where all the growth is. IKV is OK but not really convienent, flying into DSM is a pain, Winterset is too far away and has all those NORDO.

James Dean
 
bkreager said:
Are you talking about the "West Metro Regional"? One of the sites they proposed would have bordered my parents house. I figure a private taxiway to their house would be in order.
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Yeah.. I couldn't remember exactly what they were gonna call it. I just remember it being in Dallas County.
 
James_Dean said:
They really do need something on the west side where all the growth is. IKV is OK but not really convienent, flying into DSM is a pain, Winterset is too far away and has all those NORDO.

James Dean
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I heard a few years ago they contemplated putting a tower at IKV and making it a Class D. Obviously that didn't pan out, though. That place seems like it's about as busy as DSM most evenings. DSM never really seems 'busy' to me, but I trained at MLI, so I'm used to medium sized 'C' traffic. DSM is in a pretty crappy part of town, though. Fleur Drive is absolutely horrible traffic no matter what time of day you're on it.
 
CJones said:
I heard a few years ago they contemplated putting a tower at IKV and making it a Class D. Obviously that didn't pan out, though. That place seems like it's about as busy as DSM most evenings. DSM never really seems 'busy' to me, but I trained at MLI, so I'm used to medium sized 'C' traffic. DSM is in a pretty crappy part of town, though. Fleur Drive is absolutely horrible traffic no matter what time of day you're on it.
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When I took my CFI ride with Roger Clark last year, I asked him about that and he said that they are still thinking about it. I think he said that there need to be more IFR operations before anything would happen.
 
James_Dean said:
They really do need something on the west side where all the growth is. IKV is OK but not really convienent, flying into DSM is a pain, Winterset is too far away and has all those NORDO.

James Dean
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There are more than a few big companies backing the idea, and I would like it too. And here is the opposition. They are definitely winning the PR side of things.
 
bkreager said:
When I took my CFI ride with Roger Clark last year, I asked him about that and he said that they are still thinking about it. I think he said that there need to be more IFR operations before anything would happen.
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Funny how that works... there might be more IFR operations if it had a tower...
 
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