The Scholarship Committee has extended the deadline for the 2020 Application Deadline to May 30, 2020. For more information and application forms go here.

 With WAMA’s Annual Conference scheduled for the first of June, many are wondering if the conference will go on as scheduled. The WAMA Board has met and discussed the options of holding the meeting as scheduled, cancelling, or postponing until a later date in the fall.  The Conference Committee is working with the hotel to find alternate dates that don’t conflict with other scheduled conferences typically attended by airport personnel and contractors. 

The committee plans to meet the first week of April to discuss the options and make a final decision.  With the uncertainty of the spread of COVID-19 and future restrictions on travel and gatherings, WAMA appreciates your patience and understanding as we wade through these difficult times.  Our goal is to keep everyone and the ones with whom they come in contact healthy and safe. 
 
Executive Director Marjy Leggett 

WSDOT Aviation is accepting applications for the 2020/2021 Airport Aid Program grants.  Applications are due no later than 5:00 PM on March 31, 2020.  For details on the process, click here.
Below are links to the application and forms that might be helpful.

Aviation Revitalization Loan Program Application

Your Airport Project Schedule

The latest newsletter is available here.

Three pilots, Dan Wood based in Shelton and Andy Pomeroy and Scott Hunziker both from Auburn, are the first to have flown into all participating airports in the Fly Washington Passport Program.  Each will be awarded a flight jacket for this achievement.  To view pictures of the winners and find out more about the program, go to www.flywa.org.

In 2018, Washington Airport Management Association (WAMA) conducted a survey to collect data pertaining to airport landing rates and charges. This survey was distributed to Washington State airports through google forms, of which 15 responded. The documents are linked below in PDF format.  These documents are available to Members Only, so please log in to view.

Rates and Charges Report for 2018
Rates and Charges Data Chart

If you have any questions regarding the information, please contact:

Adam Phelps, A.A.E.,
WAMA Vice President

Airport Operations Manager
Spokane International Airport & Felts Field
(509) 455-6425 – Office
(509) 724-8306 – Mobile

Transportation Research Board ‘s (TRB) Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) now has the Guidebook for Managing Small Airports—2nd Edition.

The first edition has been edited and reformatted for currency, relevance, and usability and updated with additional information and new subject areas (e.g., unmanned aircraft systems, geographic information systems, digital Notices to Airmen, social media, and federal and state obligations.

There is no charge for this publication.

Here is the link: http://www.trb.org/Main/Public/Blurbs/162145.aspx 

 You can also find it at the bottom of the WSDOT/Aviation page.

 https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/Planning

Warren Hendrickson has compiled an informal list of Washington State/PNW Airport Restaurant List (updated 2019) which now includes additional pages for nearby Oregon airports (both east and west of the Cascades) and nearby Idaho airports. This list is not complete and we ask that if you have suggestions or recommendations for restaurants at or serving your airport, please feel free to provide Warren with your additional information.  You may send your suggestions/ recommendations to Warren Hendrickson, at: wbhendrickson@comcast.net .  He will continue to update the list. The list is primarily intended for use by pilots as they fly around the area. Perhaps providing everyone with an additional reason to visit your airport!

The Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation Division initiated an update to the Washington Aviation Economic Impact Study (AEIS) starting in October.

This study, last updated in 2012, provides critical information on the value of our state's aviation system.  It will calculate and document the economic contributions airports make to local communities, regions, and the state.  Analyses will identify off-airport businesses and industries who use and depend on the airports.  It is widely used throughout the state to communicate aviation's benefits for citizens of Washington state.

Each public-use airport in the state will receive the results to share with their stakeholders about the airport's value and contributions to the community.

The consultant team consists of Kimley-Horn, Economic Development Research (EDR) Group, WSP USA, and PRR.  All have reached out to airports to request information to facilitate the economic impact analyses.

The work involved to complete the study finalizes in February 2020.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funded this study with a grant, with some supporting funds from WSDOT.

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/aviation/WAEconomicStudy.htm

FAA 2018-2020 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Supplemental Appropriation