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New Addison Airport Control Tower Manager is Applicant for Permanent Post

April 6, 2015 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airspace, FAA Tagged With: Addison Airport, air traffic control, airport control tower

NextGen Procedures Deliver More Efficient Operations to All North Texas Airports

December 1, 2014 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airspace, FAA Tagged With: Airport Operations, NextGen Airspace

Kaboom Town Show Built on Six Months of Work

April 21, 2014 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airspace, Community Outreach, FAA, Kaboom Town Tagged With: Air Show, Airport Operations, Kaboom Town!

DFW Class B Airspace Over Addison Airport Drops 500 Feet in March

January 28, 2014 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airspace, FAA Tagged With: Addison Airport, Class B Airspace, DFW Airspace

Airport 101: Addison Tower – Why It’s Always There

October 23, 2013 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airport Tenants, Airspace, Flight Instruction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Addison Airport control tower, ADS ATC, air traffic control, Aviation Employment, FAA

Witness a Wildlife Strike at Addison Airport? Report it Using Your Mobile Device

June 24, 2013 by

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, […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Operations, Airport Safety, Airspace, FAA, Maintenance Tagged With: Bird Strike, Wildlife Strikes

Addison Airport 101: A Runway is More Than an On & Off Ramp for the Sky

January 15, 2013 by addison

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. […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airspace, FAA Tagged With: Addison Airport, Aviation Safety, Runway Design

Addison Airport 101: A Runway is More Than an On & Off Ramp for the Sky

January 15, 2013 by

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. […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airspace, FAA Tagged With: Addison Airport, Aviation Safety, Runway Design

Why Do We Have an Airport Anyway?

October 16, 2012 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Businesses, Airport Tenants, Airspace, FAA, Flight Instruction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Addison Airport, airport economic development, Airport Economic Impact, Blake Clemens, Town of Addison TX

Whose Airport is it Anyway?

June 25, 2012 by

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 […]

Filed Under: Airport, Airport Businesses, Airspace, FAA, Uncategorized Tagged With: Addison Airport, airport community relations, airport manager, joel jenkinson, Town of Addison

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