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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-06-13 - Agendas - Final Director Ray Boudreaux TayeVe Chairman Bob Nickle Financial Coordinator lames Nicholson B Vice Chair Mike Gibbs Administrative Assistant Lauren Treat Secretary Joshua Mahony Member Rick Bailey Member Bill Corley Member Ken Haxel Member Marty Burggraf AGENDA Fayetteville Executive Airport Board Meeting 1 :30 a.m.. Thursday. June 13, 2013 Terminal Conference Room, 4500 S. School Avenue City of Fayetteville, Arkansas As a courtesy please turn off all cell phones and pagers 1. Welcome. Chairman. 2. Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the May 9, 2013 meeting. 3. Receiving of Reports. A. Director Boudreaux, Aviation Director. B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, Budget Report. C. Administrative Assistant Lauren Treat, T Hangar Report. D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, Construction Report. E. Museum Executive Director Warren Jones, Museum report. F. Marketing Committee Report, Bill Corley. 4. Old Business. A. Update: SkyVenture Aviation new lease. 5. New Business. A. FAA Certification Inspection. B. Discussion of the Air Race Classic. 6. Other Business. A. Items from the Public. B. Items from the Airport Board. 7. Meeting adjourned. NOTE: Next Airport Board Meeting: July 11, 2013 Strategic Planning Meeting: 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479.718.7642 • 479.718.7646 FAX • www.accessfayeaeville.org/govemmenttaviation airport_economic_development@ci.fayetteville.ar.us FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES May 9, 2013 MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Nickle, Josh Mahony, Bill Corley, Rick Bailey, Marty Burggraf MEMBERS ABSENT: Ken Haxel, Mike Gibbs OTHERS PRESENT: Craig Young-tenant; Jeffry Gates-Air Museum, Mitch Rose- MCE; Bill Flowers-MCE; Terry Gulley-City of Fayetteville Transportation Department; Joel Walsh- NWA Times; John P. Ross-Ross Executive Aviation, Inc; Mauro Campos- Fayetteville Fire Department; John Holley-HolleyAir, LLC; Greg Carter-tenant; Wayne Jones-MCE ITEM #1 : Welcome. Chairman Nickle. ITEM #2: Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the April 11, 2013 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Rick Bailey, and seconded Bill Corley. The motion carried. ITEM #3: Receiving of Reports. A. Director Boudreaux, Aviation Director. Activity was down most likely due to military flights but as of yesterday the final inspection was complete. Boudreaux received an email from the DLA and FYV is good to go so the military invoices can now be processed. FYV is back on the website as an into-wing agent. Drake Field' s tower is safe until June 15 but we are still fighting the tower closure. Chief of Staff Don Marr has an upcoming meeting with Mr. Huerta of FAA. NFlight is project moving forward and Wayne said he believes it will begin within the next 30 days. IT has already moved in to their new space at the airport and the interdepartmental agreement is in place (IT is paying the airport rent). Their server room will be built in the old sound pit. The ARC is still moving along. June 22 is the race termination date. McClelland Engineers drilled the holes and tie downs will be in place before the race (58 or 59 airplanes). The contract from AvFuel is in place for approval by City Council on May 2151. AvFuel will change the Phillips 66 sign to AvFuel. Nicholson said the AvFuel staff is responsive and easy to work with. Boudreaux said that AvFuel has a DLA sector so everything is handled at the AvFuel headquarters. Annual Certification Inspection is next Tuesday and Boudreaux predicted it will last for about two days. B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, Budget Report. Reported the airport's cumulative average of operations was down a little bit. However, Nicholson pointed out that April is not typically a strong month. DLA fuel sales are cyclical and Nicholson predicted that the DLA contract getting straightened out will help in the months to come. Fuel sales were still ahead by 11 % from last year. Nicholson pointed out that the local fuel prices are a little bit higher than the average in the southwest region. Overall, the prices at Drake Field have dropped considerably since the City took over. Nicholson said he feels the airport is very competitive and said some airports might be adjusting their prices in relation to ours. Nickle agreed with Nicholson that other airports have taken notice of the lower prices. Nicholson discussed the financial report. He did a couple calculations on the airport's average margin. Right now, it is at about $ 1 . 10 or $ 1 .05 a gallon, but he said the margin should be closer to $ 1 .50. Nicholson said his biggest challenge is correlating all the reports he receives from AvFuel. Everything is electronic and AvFuel sends the airport money twice a week. C. Administrative Assistant, Lauren Treat, T-Hangar Report. Reported that all T-Hangars are full and seven are rented for storage. D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, Construction Report. Nickle thanked Wayne and the rest of the McClelland Engineers for the cookout. Wayne said MCE has done the cookout at the airport for 5+ years now and they enjoy doing it. He introduced a couple other guys from MCE. Wayne briefly discussed the NFlight project. E. Museum Executive Director Warren Jones, Museum Report. Warren had no report. Nickle asked Boudreaux if the ARC still needed volunteers. Boudreaux said yes, volunteers are still needed. He encouraged the Board that if they have extra time on June 22 to please give Warren a call and help out at the airport. Bailey said there will be volunteers from the Lions Club. F. Marketing Committee Chairman Bill Corley, Marketing Report. Corley said the design concept is not approved so the marketing committee and Gulley will need to get together. Gulley said there were concerns over associating the airport with a bird after we just did a wildlife assessment trying to remove the birds from the airport. The historical aspect of the Drake family might need to be looked into a little more, as well. ITEM #4: Old Business. Update: SkyVenture Aviation Lease. Nickle said lease terms have not been finalized yet. Boudreaux and Gulley are scheduled to meet with Mark Frankum sometime in the next week. ITEM #5: New Business. None. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. Jeffry Gates said after the following Monday after the ARC (June 24), a B- 17 "Aluminum Overcast" will be at the Museum at noon. There will be some sort of an event along with tours, etc. The Museum is hoping they will do about two flights a day. The plane will leave Drake Field on that Thursday (June 27). B. Items from the Airport Board. Bailey asked about the self-serve pumps on the East side and if the AvFuel card can be used there. Nicholson said he would look into it. ME7760U AT 1 :54 P.M. Jos a Mahony, Secret ry Date THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Tave evl le AVIATION DIVISION 450055chool Ave, Ste F Fayetteville, AR 72701 APKANSAS P (479) 718-7642 DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT MAY, 2013 FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, DRAKE FIELD June 6, 2013 • AIRPORT ACTIVITY: May was a stormy month but activity remained about average though slightly less than May of last year in both operations and sales. The total remains on track to exceed last year's totals although only slightly. We are still waiting on a resolution of the DLA sales contract. We passed the DLA inspection and the headquarters were ready to sign the into-wing agent designation but asked us to wait while they investigated the Novation for later this year to determine whether they would require the Novation now or be able to wait until the end of the year as negotiated in the buy out agreement with Million Air. We are still holding sales receipts with the DLA until our status is approved so that payments can be processed for payment. As a share of the total, military sales are down due to budget constraints. • FAA ANNOUNCES CONTRACT TOWERS TO REMAIN OPEN THROUGH FY2013 : The City elected not to enter into an agreement with Cl2 for Tower operations at this time. When we notified the FAA that the City would cover the costs of operating the Tower in the interim, the FAA sent us a lease contract for the Tower at the rate of $5,280 per month. Of course we balked at the presumption that we would pay to occupy the tower on the basis that we would be paying to operate on their behalf. We talked to the property management specialist that sent the agreement to us and she told us to simply pen and ink a change to the contract noting the cost we were happy with. Should this come up again, our rate will be changed to zero ($0.00). The fight is still underway for the Contract Tower program in FY2014 and beyond. If you happen to have contact with our Senators or Congressman, please ask them to put funding in the 2014 budget (and future budgets) for the contract tower program. • CORPORATE HANGAR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR NFLIGHT TECHNOLOGY: The project was approved by the City Council at their May 7, 2013 meeting. We must resubmit the project to the Council as the amount on the resolution was not correct. We will present it to the City Council for the June 18I' meeting. The amount did not include the Fire Suppression System to be paid by the tenant but we must award the whole project as bid by the contractor and collect from the tenant at the end of the project whether by single payment or through an increase in rent. The lowest bidder was Center Point Contractors out of Rogers for a total price of $289,675 for construction. The total project cost is $334,028. Telecommunications Device for the Deaf TDD (479) 521 -1316 113 West Mountain - Fayetteville, AR 72701 THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS • CITY IT DEPARTMENT PROJECT: The project is well underway. Part of the project includes running fiber optic lines from the terminal building to the data center. The contractor will bore the lines under the runway. • AIR RACE CLASSIC UPDATE: The tie-down cables are installed and marked. Arrivals are scheduled for Friday June 21 but some of the faster racers may show up Thursday evening. We may still need volunteers for the arrivals to help park the aircraft. The parking aprons will be no-prop areas so we must either hand tow or use the tug. Much depends on how concentrated the arrivals are. If they all show up at once, we can use many hands. Call Julie, the ramp supervisor, thru our office to volunteer for ramp duty. We will make a list with your contact number and pass it on to her. She has CAP Cadets to help but adult supervision is vital. There will be a hangar dance on Saturday Night with the pilots featuring the Big Band from Bella Vista. Tickets are $25.00 each. Call the Museum to make a reservation. • FAA WILDLIFE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: The Certification Inspector presented the letter he sent to us and Loomacres last July and reported that their answers were not satisfactory. He asked that we get the right answers to close the project. • HANGARS FOR RENT: All T hangars remain full with only 5 rented for storage. • ARKANSAS AIR AND MILITARY MUSEUM: Plan to come to the Museum for the Big Band and meeting with the ARC pilots. Thanks to Bill and Camelia Smith for sponsoring the band and for Signature Bank for sponsoring the food. Tickets are $25 .00 each. Call the Museum to make your reservation. • FBO CHANGEOVER UPDATE: The DLA re-inspection went well following the repairs to the water defense system. Thanks to Jacob for bull-dogging the job to get it done. The DLA was prepared to sign the into-wing agent designation and then decided to have another legal review due to difficulties with another airport in a similar situation. As into-wing agent, payments are made to the contractor and the contractor pays the into-wing subcontractor. We purchase the fuel, pump the fuel and bill the DLA for the fuel after applying the margin. DLA forwards payment to the contractor, the contractor deducts his fee, in our case $ .45 per gallon, and sends the rest to us. DLA charges have not been billed as we wait for direction from DLA. • ANNUAL CERTIFICATION INSPECTION SCHEDULED : Richard Middleton visited us May 14 thru 16 and conducted a thorough inspection of the airport. All areas were satisfactory with only one write-up. He noticed that four runway light were not aimed correctly and we corrected the discrepancy immediately so no follow- on is required. All of the staff performed flawlessly. spectfully ubmitted, Ray M. Boudreau , Director Telecommunications Device for the Deaf TDD (479) 521-1316 113 West Mountain - Fayetteville, AR 72701 • 17aayeevle ARKANSAS Airport Progress Report TO: Fayetteville Executive Airport Board THRU: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director FROM: James Nicholson, Financial Coordinator DATE: June 13, 2013 Tower rations Cumulative MONTH 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 MONTH 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 JAN 2492 1932 1,917 2,552 21928 JAN 2,492 1932 1917 2552 2918 FEB 2,902 2,214 1,320 2,138 2,540 FEB 51394 4,148 3237 4,690 5,468 MAR 2 807 2 418 2,818 2,161 2t889 MAR 8,201 6,564 6 055 6 851 8,357 APR 2829 2,775 2254 21763 21887 APR 10830 9,339 8309 9614 11,044 MAY 2 722 3 015 2,627 3180 3 090 MAY 13,552 12,354 10 936 12,794 14,134 JUN 2878 2,531 2,859 3,195 JUN 16,428 14,885 13,795 15989 JUL 3,100 2695 2758 3050 JUL 19528 17,780 16,553 19,039 AUG 2,868 1 21513 2,676 2,951 1 jAUG 1 22,396 20,2931 19.2291 21,990 SEP 3,577 2,684 1 3,503 4,864 SEP 25,973 22,977 21732 26F&% OCT 2,877 3125 20998 3320 OCT 28,650 28,102 25730 30174 NOV 2588 7984 2379 3392 NOV 31,236 28066 28109 33,566 DEC 1,8421 1,841 1 2,164 1 2,546 1 IDEC 1 33,078 29,9071 30,2731 36,112 Month A 217571 20492 1 2,5231 3O09 1 2,827 jAnnual Chg 1 -3.64% -9.59%1 1.22%1 19.29%1 10.47% Estimated YE Total: 36,909 Operations - 12 Month Comparison -2012113 -2011/12 -2010111 5,500 6,000 a 4,600 4,000 3,500 d 2.600 2 2,000 1,600 - 1,000 JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY Month OPERATIONS Month Average Annual Comparison t6TWELVEMONTHAV6LAGE 4,500 4; W 3,981 4,000 3,433 3,600 2,929 2,913 3. 12 3,000 1 67a 2,600 2,374 MENE 2,000 $ 1,500 1,000 Soo 2003-04 2004-06 2005-06 2005-07 2007-08 2008.09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Period: Jun - Mn, FBO Fuel Sales Cumulative MONTH 2008 2010 2011 2012 2015 MONTH 2009 2010 2011RIM43 2013 JAN 36,062 35 528 35p936 27j865 29,621 JAN 38,062 35,528 35,936 29,621 FEB 43 497 35 466 20,909 29,824 32 602 FEB 79,559 70,994 56,845 62,223 MAR 48,608 41,809 37,333 28,827 35,761 MAR 126,167 112,803 94,178 97984 R 31,705 30,763 27611 27,085 28,155 APR 157,872 143,566 121,789 128,139 MAY 33,136 31,018 26,200 29,481 25135 MAY 191,008 174,584 147 995JUN 28,218 27,218 31,677 32,961 JUN 219,228 201,800 179,672 JUL 26,021 26,628 23,892 28,068 JUL 245,241 228428 203564 204,111 AUG 25018 1 25,011 1 23585 1 31,835 1 IAUG 1 270,2651 2534439 1 227,1491 235948 SEP 39,025 39,845 31,870 44,937 SEP 3DOX 293,284 259,028 280.883 OCT 44578 48,581 29,6761 32,537 1 OCT 1 353,888 341885 288,704 313420 NOV 30469 33718 32,603 28741 NOV 384,337 375583 321,307 342184 DEC 28,732 24,470 1 23,103 1 25157 I IDEC 1 413,0691 400,0531 344,410 1 367,321 IMDnthtyAvg 1 34,4221 33 338 1 28,701 1 30o610 1 30,255 lknW Chg 1 -13.13% -3.15% -13.91%1 6.65% 5.73% 2013 Cumuls!W Avg fuel Saks by Percent of Type Fuel Blaby MaM 2D13 W MSANT,U,,504% QA XE 0.7% 40 � 30 ED t1 _ . . d 20 La 10 aA5®Fr,24.5% &S®100LL,7.B% 7.0% 0 M RG) MAR Am MAY AN AL AUG SB Wr NN DW Estimated YE Total: 3 50,45 8 &A A" mW Cm Tmb:R &ftbyQaWrTrP %AP b1IflYEY]iIHAVa%(a 2YWIYgkd13"Fa2ml app 416 25 6D0D am N _60W 24101 %2D 1: Me 3W In AIR : ams 0 Me am M10 e 15Am . 9 20601 ma 2'aS00 ue°7 �N ants a6u sun anu n` � 4vJa .ala ,�v's�°�'Sdd .® sls+og ,�.�`� �'Sd6yv Fuel Sales - Average Ma In TrackingMAY 2013 DATA JET A 11001.1. 100LL SS MOGAS TOT ALL AVG COST/GAL 4.0248 5. 1252 5.0314 4.3396 4.3038 GAL SOLD 17100 4475 1486 354 23415 GROSS REV 89681 26787 8642 1604 126714 GRS REV/GAL 5.2445 5.9856 5.8155 4.5367 5.4117 AVG MRGN 1 .2197 0.8604 0.7841 0. 1971 1 . 1079 TARGET MRGN 1 .50 1 .25 0.75 0.50 1 .4459 DIFFERENCE 0.2803 0.3896 0.0341 0.3029 0.3379 VARIANCE 18.69% 31 . 17% 4.55% $0.58% 23.37% Local Fuel Prices: Fuel prices within 50 miles of FYV as of 06/12/13 Ident F8O Name Jet FS 1001.1. FS 1001.1. SS 91 MoGas A $ Jet A $ tool. A $ tools TOH City of Tahlequah both selfsery 4.99 5.49 NC 0.01 SLG City of Siloam Springs 5.38 5.78 5.28 NC NC NC FSM TACAir 5.67 6.54 6.00 026 0.27 0.27 XNA Regional Jet Center 5.99 6.81 0.09 NC ROG Beaver Lake Aviation 6.02 6.30 0.06 NC FYV City of Fe etterrille 6.04 6.71 5.85 4.67 0.07 0.08 0.05 VBT Summit Aviation 6.05 6.15 5.95 0.05 NC NC ASG Pinnade Air Services 6.08 6.20 5.65 0.03 NC NC Fuel Prices: National 612/13 Source: GlobalAir.com Aviation Fuel Current US Fuel Prices Current Fuel Prices & Averages by Region Nmllwusl Mountain Null8 lurid Gheal I illus sj F . L F. sa . e2 IBB m° . 4 y a IBB 6u51um� B®IBB m. s3 B Qil NUslurn VUUhc o©IBa MIR. Suulhurn Suulhwusl �®IBB 59 , 8 p3 sl im Alaska mi [miss 0 Tayeevi le ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT OPERATING SUMMARY MONTH ENDING 5/31/2013 AIRPORT BOARD OPERATING ACTIVITIES - ADMIN & MAINT 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget YTD Actual YTD REVENUE Rents & Leases 527,962 511,800 536,243 508,492 211,872 210,283 Aviation Fuel 114,865 119,500 157,525 129,600 27,000 18,091 Miscellaneous 11,869 11,900 8,586 2,900 1,208 6,196 Operational Transfers - FEMA Reimbursement 15,857 - - - - - NON-OPERATING INCOME Sales Tax Revenue 29,733 26,000 25,449 25,600 10,667 6,876 Non-Op Miscellaneous (100) - - - - - INCOME RECEIVED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 700,186 669,200 727,803 666,592 250,747 241,446 EXPENSES Personnel 331 ,465 341 ,673 319,057 336,276 156,494 142,209 Materials & Supplies 12,990 22,545 21,315 22,155 9,231 4,218 Aviation Fuel Purchases 81,584 90,328 105.924 93,888 23,472 25.424 Services & Charges 200,230 231 ,896 225,132 226,122 94,218 68.531 Cost Allocation to General Fund 7,915 7,915 7,915 7,915 3,298 3,302 Maintenance 48,137 64,490 50,959 66,057 27,524 18,781 Interest on West GA Hangars Loan (accrued monthly) 13,237 6,328 6,328 5,862 2,443 2,443 INCOME USED FOR OPERATING ACTIVITIES 695,557 765,175 736,530 758,275 316,679 264,907 NET INCOME FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES - GAIN I (LOSS) 4,629 (95,975) (8,727) (91,683) (65,932) (23,462) OPERATING & CAPITAL - FED OPS 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget YTD Actual YTD REVENUE Rents & Leases 25,000 5,556 8,018 Aviation Fuel 1,643,867 365,304 278,282 Miscellaneous 6,083 1,352 6,151 INCOME RECEIVED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES - - - 1,674,950 372,211 292,450 EXPENSES Personnel 180,901 40,200 41,132 Materials & Supplies 8,923 1,983 11,176 Aviation Fuel Purchases 1 ,321,296 293,621 213,312 Services & Charges 139,451 30,989 26,448 Cost Allocation to General Fund 16,667 3,704 - Maintenance 13,541 3,009 2,435 Capital Investment 98,437 21,875 45,000 INCOME USED FOR OPERATING ACTIVITIES - - - 1 ,779.216 395,381 339,503 NET INCOME FROM FBO ACTIVITIES - GAIN I (LOSS) - - - (104,266) (23,170) (47,053) INVESTING ACTIVITIES 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget YTO Actual YTD NON-OPERATING INCOME Interest on Investments 5,098 7,800 4,041 4,200 1,750 1 ,108 Other - Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments - - (753) - - - CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS EXPENSE 07039 AIP #38 Correct Rumvay 16 Safety Area Deficiency Phase III 391,775 - - - 10022 AIP #39 Wildlife Hazard Assessment 33,205 - - - 3 - 10028 Airport Fuel Farm Repair (512) - - - - 11017 Airport Security Improvements 128,693 51,095 51 ,078 - $ - 11019 Airport Stormwater Protection Plan Update 2,500 - - - 11023 AIP #40 Pavement Rehab & Re-Marking 252,069 - - - ¢ - 12002 Hangar Rehab - 4248 S School - 283,250 262,623 - d - 12011 Executive Hangar Office Addition 32,504 26,473 300.369 ,c - 12012 AIP #41 Pavement Rehab & Re-Marking Phase II - 147,252 117,176 - - USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES 802,631 486,301 454,061 296,169 (1 ,108) FINANCING ACTIVITIES 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 Actual Budget Actual Budget Budget YTD Actual YTD LOANS Payments on Loan Principal (accrued) 28.030 15,530 15,530 15,530 6.471 6,471 One-time Paydown on Hangar Loan 305,626 - - GRANTS STATE / FEDERAL Due/Recelved from State Grants on Fed Projects 195,779 34,417 27,156 - - Dua/Received from AIP #38 Correct RW i6 RSA Phase III 372,186 - Due/Received from AIP #39 Wildlife Hazard Assessment 51,343 - - - ' - m Due/Received from Dept Aero - Fuel Farm Repair - - - 2 - Dua/Received from Dept Aero - Airport Security Improvements - 144,000 143,816 - - Due/Raceived from AIP #40 Pavement Rehab & Re-marking 239,465 - - Due/Received from Dept Aero - 80120 Hangar Rehab - 210,600 210,098 - m - Due/Recelved from AIP #41 Pavement Rehab & Re-marking Phase II - 105,741 104,828 - 01 - Due/Receivedfrom Dept Aem - 80/20 Executive Hangar Office Addition - - - 240,822 NET INCOME FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES 525,116 479,228 470,368 225,292 (6.471) AIRPORT CASH BALANCE 616,222 513,174 623,802 356.975 547,925 CURRENT ENCUMBRANCES (CAPITAL) MCE TASK ORDER #9 - Plans, Specs, Pmj Admin, Exec Hangar Office Addition 6.031 17,537 Centerpoint Contractors Inc - Construction, Exec Hangar Office Addition 289,675 289,675 Payments by Property Owners - N01ght Hangar project fire sprinkler system (33,000) (33,000) LONG TERM LIABILITIES Hangar Loan Principal 201,886 195,416 APPROVED GRANTS (Not yet accrued) - CAPITAL PROJECTS State Grants on Federal Projects State Grant - Exec Hangar Office Addition 240.822 240,822 AIRPORT CASH MINUS LIABILITIES 133,205 319,119 N C N E m @ N C �p d � N d C C N t6 N C N y d � En y � N y � S v m C C C C m E E E a E o m m m m U N N N U N O O O O � M O W J Q O 0 0 N Q O O N J O N N � W O O ~ y 0 0 0 N N ❑ � M .- h O f0 r F M O M m N N p Q W F J ❑ fn W U Z to mint W J V Q U ] WZ aL W- W ❑X :jW W > C r� x > W Er N Q — fnLL _ LL W W U m Q a `yam_ W F W W x Co W Q L Q r Q W O Q N W F- 0 a p O 0u_ WQ Z [m C70 H X ` `r Y A _ 1 t - � ,i, F II F. '- �,..L .': 'tet �1 '. - • . . . ' \ • \ . • n t ' ■ 66 � 1 I , i x AIRPORT: More Money Expected From Fuel CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Ray Boudreaux, airport director, said fewer mili- tary flights were partially to blame. Million Air held a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency, whereby military aircraft in Arkan- sas and neighboring states could fly in and out of Drake Field, often stopping to refuel. It took several weeks to get the military contract transferred to a city-run ATA GLANCE operation, but Boudreaux AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL said, as of Thursday morn- ing, "We are good to go." TOWER STILL IN LIMBO James Nicholson, financial Ray Boudreaux, director of coordinator at Drake Field, the Fayetteville Executive said the airport should see Airport, said Thursday more money from military airport administrators fuel sales after the end of still have no official word the year. As part of a termi- from the Federal Aviation nation agreement with Administration on whether Million Air, the city agreed the FAA will pay to operate to share half of the proceeds the air traffic control tower from military fuel sales atDrakeFieldpast June with the company through 15. Federal transportation December. officials were given the Boudreaux noted Thurs- go-ahead to shift money day that flight numbers are around in their budgetsearlier this month, but, still up 15 percent and fuel according to Boudreaux, it's sales are up 11 percent year- unclear whether that money to-date compared to the first will go to continued operation four months of 2012. at the Fayetteville tower. " Everything seems to be moving along just as it Soum: SrurReroxr should," he said. Airport administra - tors budgeted $98,000 in one-time expenses for tran- sitioning to a city-run oper- ation. The airport will also miss out on about $110,000 Million Air paid in rent and fuel fees last year. Nichol- son said Thursday current estimates, without increased military flights, show the airport ending the year with $105,000 to $110,000 in reve- nue over expenses.