The Airport Commission met Friday morning at the Crookston Municipal Airport. The discussion focused on two main topics, the completion of the fuel project and master planning.
The fuel system project is essentially complete, there are a few punch list items that will need to be addressed, such as an electric anti-siphon valve, to wrap work up. The final cost is expected to come in just under budget. “We had projected $327,000,” said Crookston Finance Director Angel Weasner. “It looks like we’ll be around $324,000 for the entire project that allowed up to have on-site fuel available for purchase.”
The city recently received notification from the FAA that their master plan needed to be replaced. The FAA requires airports to update their master plan every 20 years. The master plan is a multi-year project and will need to contain an additional GIS survey, something that wasn’t required when the last master plan was created. Expected cost for the master plan will be around $300,000 over two years.
A big part of master planning is looking for future growth areas and the commission spent some time discussing possible changes they may want to investigate for the master planning process. “We’re always looking forward, we’ve had several discussions about replacing the arrival/departure building and moving it,” said Weasner. “We talked about private hangers, replacing the runway, expanding for more airplanes and increasing weight for larger airplanes.” Another topic of discussion for the future was the possibility for expansion into drone flight. Currently, unmanned aircraft require a chase plane, but with the possibility that could change in the future, drone flight may be something more current and future tenants would look to explore.
The Crookston Municipal Airport
