From the start, Mike Moreau, the new manager of the FAA air traffic control tower at Addison Airport makes it clear that he is the temporary manager of the facility’s 13 aircraft controllers and two supervisors. “Right now, I’m here for 180 days, because selecting a new manager usually takes four months, give or take […]
NextGen Procedures Deliver More Efficient Operations to All North Texas Airports
For the past week or so the delivery of the promised NextGen efficiency and resulting economy has dominated the North Texas aviation news. Most of it has been focused on the airlines and passengers that fly to and from Dallas/Forth Worth International and Dallas Love Field. But the new NextGen procedures deliver similar benefits to […]
Kaboom Town Show Built on Six Months of Work
With the fireworks, Addison’s annual Kaboom Town show lasts nearly three hours. For thousands of spectators, turning their eyes skyward to follow the thrilling day and evening air shows and ooh and ahh at the fireworks display that follows is the perfect way to celebrate the anniversary of America’s independence. What most don’t realize is […]
DFW Class B Airspace Over Addison Airport Drops 500 Feet in March
Effective March 6, 2014, to the extent of its 13-nautical-mile ring, the Class B airspace over Addison Airport will drop from 3,000 feet to 2,500 feet. As first proposed by the FAA in January 2013, this modification will keep large turbine aircraft in Class B airspace as they fly instrument landing procedures to Dallas/Fort Worth […]
Airport 101: Addison Tower – Why It’s Always There
You can see the airport control tower if you look carefully between the other buildings when you’re driving north on Midway Rd., although it’s probably a little easier if you stand near the airport’s south fence on Lindberg and look north. The tower’s about four stories high with a bit of a scalloped roof and […]
Witness a Wildlife Strike at Addison Airport? Report it Using Your Mobile Device
In an updated advisory circular issued on May 31, 2013, the FAA introduced an online site designed specifically for mobile devices, i.e. the ubiquitous smart phone, as another channel for feeding critical information to its Wildlife Strike Database. The site also makes it easier to look up N-numbers, check an airport’s status and delays, NOTAMs, […]
Addison Airport 101: A Runway is More Than an On & Off Ramp for the Sky
A runway is what makes a defined area an airport. As the FAA’s exhaustive airport design and engineering standards suggest, it is more than a long, straight strip of dirt, gravel, grass, concrete, or, at Addison Airport, asphalt cut with shallow grooves to help dissipate water so the wheels of landing aircraft will not hydroplane. […]
Addison Airport 101: A Runway is More Than an On & Off Ramp for the Sky
A runway is what makes a defined area an airport. As the FAA’s exhaustive airport design and engineering standards suggest, it is more than a long, straight strip of dirt, gravel, grass, concrete, or, at Addison Airport, asphalt cut with shallow grooves to help dissipate water so the wheels of landing aircraft will not hydroplane. […]
Why Do We Have an Airport Anyway?
Almost every airport manager in the US struggles at some point when they’re asked by constituents the reason they operate an airport. Sometimes, even airport sponsors wonder at times. Here in Addison though, we’re pretty lucky because we live with a local government that not only believes in the airport, but goes out of its […]
Whose Airport is it Anyway?
How many people know the people who live next door or even across the street in buildings they pass by every day? How many know the people who run their neighborhood businesses? It may not seem strange to some people that they know very little about their neighbors these days. But there are some places […]