Aviation View | April 2021

52 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 A complete surprise for 2020 was the FAA wanting to know if we could proceed early with our 2022 & 2023 ACIP projects. We said yes! We are keeping our fingers crossed the FAA will fund the project 100 percent for 2021, the same as 2020 (Congress “Cares Act”). This will be new runway edge lighting, taxiway edge lighting, end lighting, new electrical vault, new manual control panel inside of the airport terminal building, and all corresponding drainage issues that have plagued the older 30-year-old runway lighting system. The airport has a standing line of credit to pay for our matching share if the FAA will not match funding 100 percent. The new lighting systems are state of the art technology allowing pilots to find the runway in the worst weather conditions. Equipped aircraft can use forward looking infrared (FLIR) and night vision coupled with their heads- up display (HUD). This technology allows aircraft to see the new lights through fog, rain, snow, low clouds, etc. Needless to say, the future of our runway lighting system is going to be very bright!