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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-03-13 - Agendas - Final FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT BOARD MINUTES February 13, 2014 MEMBERS PRESENT: Darryl Riddell, Josh Mahony, Bill Corley, Mike Gibbs, Marty Burggraf, Rick Bailey MEMBERS ABSENT: Ken Haxel OTHERS PRESENT: Wayne Jones-MCE; James Nicholson-Financial Coordinator; Lauren Treat-Administrative Assistant; Neal Bilbe-City Government Channel; Bruce Dunn-Iron Pig Festival; Mark Frankum-SkyVenture Aviation; Ray Boudreaux-Airport Director; Terry Gulley-City Transportation; Mike Bowman-Tower; Craig Young-T Hangar tenant; Rick McKinney-T Hangar tenant ITEM #1 : Welcome. Chairman Gibbs. ITEM #2 : Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the January 9, 2014 meeting. A motion to approve the minutes with the proposed change was made by Darryl Riddell, and seconded by Rick Bailey. The motion carried. ITEM #3 : Receiving of Reports. A. Director Boudreaux, Aviation Director. Boudreaux briefly discussed his resignation letter. He served the City for 12 years and will retire at the end of March. Boudreaux said the City is in the process of finding a new candidate. After his retirement, Boudreaux will volunteer as the president at the museum and assist with grant writing, etc. January was not as good as he had hoped but that is because of the bad weather. He said he hopes for better weather in the near future. Recently, there has been a few issues with the airport security system. This is due to the City-wide merger of all the security systems, but Boudreaux predicted everything should be running properly very soon. Nicholson said he is still waiting on the phone call from the IRS telling us to move forward with our FET refund. Everything is going well with the U of A charter season. B. Financial Coordinator James Nicholson, Budget Report. The end of December was rough, and though we have had rough weather in the New Year as well, operations are actually ahead of last January. The weather may have more of a negative effect on February, however. There were not many changes in fuel prices over the last few months. Even though we are still the retail highest price, we are only higher by a small amount. Our self-serve AvGas price is actually lower than the prices at Fort Smith, Summit in Bentonville, and Pinnacle in Springdale. Nicholson said he has been working closely with the City's new internal auditor. She is working to improve the flow of the FBO transactions as well as improving how the airport administration interacts with the City Administration office. Nicholson said they may revamp his monthly financial report. Overall, Nicholson said the airport was ahead at the end of 2013 by about $40,000 which is a positive sign for 2014. Nicholson also reminded the board that January is not representative of the rest of the year and even though the airport is at a deficit right now, he predicts we will overcome that. He said there is just over $500,000 in the airport fund to use for our upcoming projects. C. Administrative Assistant, Lauren Treat, T-Hangar Report. Reported all hangars are full with three rented for storage. D. Wayne Jones, McClelland Engineers, Construction Report. The NFlight construction project is finished. Wayne said he is waiting on the contractor to obtaining waiver releases from all of his sub-contractors. Everything will be finished once the releases have been filed away and he predicted that would be finished in the next week. E. Museum Executive Director Warren Jones, Museum Report. Boudreaux said Warren was unable attend, but he did ask Boudreaux to tell the Board that the museum has had no visitors recently. There were two visitors in January, four in December, and five so far in February. Boudreaux said the museum gets about 20 or 25 visitors a week, so the current numbers are not good. However, this could be due to the bad weather this winter. The museum is not the only business suffering in town; very few people have been getting out this winter. F. Marketing Committee Chairman Bill Corley, Marketing Report. Corley wrote a short proposal summarizing what was agreed to in the recent marketing group discussion (directly followed the last strategic planning meeting). The objective is to increase Jet-A fuel sales by 5-6%. Initial budget will be $ 10,000. Highly targeted sales channels will be utilized, especially online resources. Success metrics include click through rates, seasonally adjusted tower ops counts, and customer onsite survey/interviews/anecdotal, etc. Corley said he has not heard back from Marilyn Heifner (A&P), though she was receptive of their conversation. Nicholson said the current advertising budget is $4,500. A budget adjustment will have to be done in another account in order to meet the $ 10,000 mark. Corley said the initial $ 10,000 will be enough to test the waters and see what works. He asked the board if they think a marketing plan is even worth it, keeping in mind the revenue from our efforts will not be substantial. Riddell said increasing gross sales would be a good goal because it would not cause our expenses to increase too much. Mahony said in the future we know what works so we would have a better return on the marketing dollars. Burggraf said the board does want to grow the airport, but we are not sure if we want to do this particular thing [marketing plan] or not. Gibbs said the airport is basically looking at spending $ 10,000 to potentially get $ 12,000 back in the end. A motion to authorize the development of a marketing program was made by Darryl Riddell and seconded by Burggraf. Motion carries. Riddell said we can try the program for a while and if it doesn't work, we can end it. Corley mentioned there is potential for more than a 5 or 6% increase in sales if we are able to find what really works. Gibbs said the board will make a recommendation to the City to allow us to spend the money on a marketing program. Boudreaux mentioned we will start inviting Lindsley Smith to airport board meetings. ITEM #4: Old Business. Advertising Policy for Terminal Lobby Boudreaux reported that some tenants do not care one way or another about advertising in the lobby, but others expressed concern. Boudreaux said he knows we have two interested parties, but it might not be worth the trouble. The business client really does not spend much time in the terminal. Typically it is just the crew who hangs out in the lobby. Riddell said crews do not really care to watch advertising. Gibbs asked if we must allow competitors to advertise in our lobby. Boudreaux said he believes the airport must be nondiscriminatory to any interested party willing to pay the fee since we are a City operation. Riddell said he does not believe there is enough benefit to be gained from the hassle and the criticism we will endure if we try to make it happen. Review of Strategic Planning Meeting: 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan Boudreaux said every year we submit to the FAA our 5 year capital improvement plan. We are only allowed to bank for 3 years so we need to spend it now. Boudreaux said the City must approve our design-only grant. After we apply for a grant, we will award a contract to a candidate to repair the apron. We must do this now in order to not lose any of our entitlement money ($ 150,000 per year). Boudreaux discussed the implementation plan included in the packet. He encouraged all the board members to review the map, the implementation plan, and the capital improvement plan. Boudreaux also discussed building a two unit, 60 x 60 corporate-style hangar. He thanked Wayne for drafting up the rough plans. Wayne discussed his prediction for the costs of this project. Boudreaux discussed the terms of building a new hangar and the process the airport would go through with the State and City to make it happen. Wayne discussed the Skidabrader, a piece of machine that increases frictional resistance on the pavement. A demo of the Skidabrador is scheduled at the airport on Tuesday, February 25 around 10:00 AM. Wayne said the machine will go over a panel or two so we can analyze the results. Part of the apron repair project is to first repair the panels, and then prepare the surface to receive whatever coating/new surface, etc. Wayne said we are looking at all of the various options. We are not committed to using the Skidabrader yet. It is simply an option that we are considering. ITEM #5: New Business. A. Design-Only Grant for Apron Repair Update Boudreaux said the subject was discussed along with the 5 Year Capital Plan in Old Business. ITEM #6: Other Business. A. Items from the Public. Bruce Dunn discussed the annual Iron Pig Festival (scheduled to take place at airport on Saturday, March 22). The airport will be closed for approximately one hour at the most. Wayne and Boudreaux walk the runway during the event and conduct the annual runway inspection. Dunn said this unique event has gathered national attention — people come from 6 different states to compete at Drake Field. Dunn addressed the limited access situation that arose last year and admitted the Post Office and SkyVenture folks were displeased. Boudreaux said he will meet with Terry Gulley, Dunn, and Mark Frankum next week to discuss if the event will occur this year due to the problems it caused last year. Frankum asked the board why the runway inspection is held at this particular time. Wayne said it is a dual purpose closing. He said areas needing attention are found every year, and he and Ray track some spots annually. Frankum said most other airports keep their runway open. They simply put out a notam and the inspectors move out of the way for planes when they need to fly/land. Boudreaux said part of the reason why the airport inspection has been held at this time for the past few years is to accommodate the race. Frankum said testers who were scheduled during event-time last year were not allowed to park within a half-mile of the facility. He said SkyVenture is fined whenever they are unable to administer a test. Frankum also said he was unable to park near his own business, and some of his employees had trouble getting to work. Riddell asked if any revenue is generated from the race. Boudreaux said yes, the airport charges the Iron Pig $ 1 ,000 for their use of the airport. In order for the race to take place at Drake Field this year, Boudreaux said Dunn must ensure that this situation (access denied to building) will not happen again. Riddell said there should be a way to work that out. Gibbs said this event would gather a tremendous amount of positive exposure for the flight school. Mahony said this will also help to grow the public's knowledge of the airport. Dunn said 600 participants is probably as big as the event will grow, and he has already arranged overflow parking at Greenland High School. Riddell mentioned that he is glad to volunteer on race day. Wayne said the hour-long closure during the race is a big benefit for him and Ray so they can look at the pavement without being rushed off. A motion that the board supports this race (besides the problem that occurred last year) because it is an important contribution to the city and an opportunity for the inspection of the airport was made by Rick Bailey and seconded by Josh Mahony. Motion carried. Additionally, Mike Bowman requested that everyone remember to fill out their surveys for the tower and return those to Treat. B. Items from the Airport Board. Gibbs asked about the hay lease. Nicholson said the lessee paid a few months ago. A brief discussion about other overdue statements followed. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 3:23 P.M. L"I 't, - M�"Iq Darryl Ridd 1, Secretary Date THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS Tay e rL111;V1111e AVIATION DIVISION 4500 5 School Ave, Ste F Fayetteville, AR 72701 P (4791718-7642 DIRECTOR'S MONTHLY REPORT February, 2014 FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, DRAKE FIELD March 13, 2014 • AIRPORT ACTIVITY: Operations for the first two months of the year are above the annual average and the first two month total is the best since 2006. Fuel sales have not been as strong and lag behind last year by almost 6,000 gallons year to date. It is the worst start in fuel sales since 2002. • FAA WILDLIFE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: No News. • HANGARS FOR RENT: We have one empty and two rented for storage. • TERMINAL APRON DESIGN PROJECT: I spoke with Paul Burns and we are set to receive• the money for the design project in the next month or so. He suggested that we wait to send in the grant application until we hear from him or see the announcement from our delegation announcing the grant award. • ARKANSAS AIR AND MILITARY MUSEUM: There is a wedding in the Museum this weekend which will help the bank account. The Falcon tipped on its tail during the last snow storm when ice formed on the tail surfaces. Dirty fluid leaked from the belly and has been analyzed and cleaned up. Volunteers will put ballast in the nose and tie the aircraft to the concrete pads. • FBO CHANGEOVER UPDATE: We have received permission from the IRS to file for the Federal Excise Taxes (FET) paid this year which we pay on the fuel at delivery. Unfortunately, the IRS will not let us apply for the FET paid in 2013 . It has to do with the fact that we did not have IRS permission in 2013 . We are still working on the problem. We still have not received the payment from Million Air—we are working on the problem. • U OF A CHARTER SEASON UPDATE: Basketball is almost over for the season and baseball has taken over for the U of A men, Softball for the women. Track, Volleyball and Soccer will also fly in and out of Drake. Some days there are two charters one for the men another for the women at the airport. • AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO RETIRE: Lana Broyles, the Mayor' s Assistant, has informed me that there will be a sendoff for me at City Hall on the 271 of the month. I hope you all can be there. Respectfully Submitted, Ray M. Boudreaux, Director Telecommunications Device for the Deaf TDD (479) 521-1316 113 West Mountain - Fayetteville, AR 72701 CITY OF PVA KANSAS1 Airport Progress .Report TO: . . Board THRU: Ray M. Boudreaux, Director FROM: Coordinator DATE: March 13, 2014 Towmer tions Cumulative I'M Z902 Z214 1.320 Z13B 2MO 1067 sm 14146 3237 40 k4ffl UU IMWmm�mO �Om��mO MM Z807 Z418 2,818 Z161Z8809 � i �� k055 6XI �� Total:Z629 Z775 Z254 ZM Z687 lum M w "U 11.00 MAY Z722 Z015 Z627 �180 AMO 13W IZ354 iRMB IZ791 K134 Z876 Z531 Z859 A195 40ffi lk428 RES lZ795 lkgffi %193 3.10D Z895 Z758 3.OM Z648 IM 17,780 IkO lk= M841 0 OCT ZSR lZ EC DEC 1,8421 1,8411 2,164 2,3132 DEC 1 33,0781 29,9071 30,2731 36,1121 36,4151 Estimated YE 01mrations - 12 Month Comparison —2D13-2014 —2012-2013 - 2011-2012 5500 5.000 n3500 — 4,000 0 3.000 1.500 , I WR APR UXY JUN JUL AUG SEP ocr Nov DEC JAN FEB Month OPEMTIONS Month Average Annual comparison a7WELVEMONTHAVERAGE 4,500 4,000 3,872 3500 3,03B T.091 C U00 • 1.500 z 1,000 Soo 2004-05 2005-06 200. , LI I : 20084W II: I2012-13 2013-14 FBO Fuel Sales Cumulative wM 2M9 Iffle Wil 2M M13 W14 ONTH W) 2010 IMI 2DIZ 200 NU JAN 36,02 X528 XM6 27.865 2%621 M365 3W AW YAMS 27AB 2kfM 2UM FEB 4497 3�4ffi 20,W9 29,824 X602 AM IM IA9% 5k845 570 Q= SAM JIM 4k608 41,819 37,333 2t827 A761 MIR IIZM3 KM rA516 97X4 APR 31,705 30,763 77,611 27.oe5 2kI55 157M t4w MIN) 1116M IM139 MAY 336136 31,018 XU 29.0 a135 �91,0_ 77�4�N W,995 WOR 151,U4 e®' 72�^6�®' ��_ ® .I : II ® , I i ®— ja 2k021 . 4892 2&068 241,961 245247 22k428 MW M11,111 207,153 44, 4581 315171 324.15 1 1 W1®.. 33,7181 .1f 28,74413R6651— wV it m321.3D71 34ZI64 A DEC 28,732 1 24,470 1 25,1571 14,8501 IDEC 1 413,0691 400,0531 344,4101 367,3211 354,01 FEB I�.{'.'iJ1A1!' 1 34,422 U {`: I 2t701 'J l Id®1 ©FI : LI r Cng 141131®®'. ®. 4Q% ©.' 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H � ZO OV Q Tavere1• IeAVIATION♦ DIVISION Y- ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT • DRAKE FIELD TO: Fayetteville Executive Airport, Drake Field Board FROM: Ray M. Boudreaux, Aviation Director DATE: March 13, 2014 SUBJECT: Sky Venture Aviation, Inc. Lease BACKGROUND: Sky Venture Aviation leases offices in the Terminal building and a hangar from the Airport. The Owner/Operator, Mark Frankum requested and received rent relief prior to the renewal last year and elected to enter into a one year agreement for the facilities and an agreement for fuel pricing. The current agreement is: Hangar: $2800.00 per month Office: $ 1000.00 per month (2200 SF=$5.45/SF/Yr) Fuel Pricing: Full Service = cost plus $.65 Self Service = cost plus $.60 Mogas = cost plus $.35 Sky Venture has been a tenant on the airport since 2006. They initially leased the terminal space for $2,000.00 per month for the Flight School and made modifications to the space which they paid for and the airport contributed with 24 months of rent reductions for a total of $24,000.00 in credit. We built the hangar for them and the initial rent was $3,829.06 per month. Rent was reduced for the first three months to $2000/Mo. to assist in move in and the purchase of the office space. The hangar lease was for 5 years with four 5 year options with rent increases by CPI formula. The office lease was for 2 years with two 2 year options with increases by CPI formula. All things being equal and had the economy not crashed, they would be paying approximately $4,000.00/Mo. for the Hangar and approximately $2,200.00 for the office space. 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F • AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING • FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479.718.7642 • 479.718.7646 FAX • www.accessfayefteAlle.org/govemmenVaviabon airport_economic_development@ci.fayetteville.ar.us Boudreaux, Ray From: Ed Bolen < info@nbaa.org> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 1:49 PM To: Boudreaux, Ray Subject: Add Your Voice to NBAA's and Help Battle User Fees mown User Help 1 1 Stop User Fees FeLs Dear Ray, A general aviation user fee proposal is back on the table in Washington, and I'm sending you this message to express why we need your help to defeat the idea once again. Earlier this week, the Obama administration released its latest annual budget proposal for federal spending, which again this year proposes a $100 per-flight user fee for turbine- powered general aviation. 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Sincerely, 44WL Ed Bolen President and CEO National Business Aviation Association SUM111 fCUROPERiII1016 LICIC1ATIVEAREGULMOn ARYOCAM NnWRRgNGaCOMM(RCE EouCunRNaUREERominpuNt ou9NEssmAisam insoRRtn National Business Aviation Association 1200 G St NW, Suite i lOO Washington OC 40005 (202) 783-SM www.nboa.org National Business Aviation Association 1200 G Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 783-9000 • infoCG nbaa.oro Send to a friend I Unsubscribe Powered By v, Informz 2 t Boudreaux, Ray From: Spencer Dickerson <Spencer.Dickerson@aaae.org > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 11:22 AM To: Spencer Dickerson Subject: Contract Tower Hill ACTION Request - Please review TO: AIRPORTS, ATC CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS INTERERESTED IN THE FAA CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM The President's budget request for fiscal year 2015 released on March 4, not surprisingly, proposes to eliminate the guaranteed funding bill language for the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Program. With the FCT program facing significant cuts during the federal budget sequestration battle last year, you fought on the front lines with us to restore funding. Congress responded positively multiple times to our collective advocacy efforts, and eventually the fiscal year 2014 DOT/FAA Appropriations measure included bill language for full and dedicated funding for the program to continue through the current fiscal year, which ends September 30. We now need everyone to get reengaged with the release of the President's FY ' 15 budget proposal to ensure dedicated funding continues into the future! As the House and Senate now gear up for the fiscal year 2015 Appropriations cycle, we encourage you to contact your House member(s) and your two U.S. Senators at your earliest convenience and urge them to submit requests to their respective Appropriations Committees asking that the FY 2015 DOT/FAA spending bill includes bill language providing full and dedicated funding at $ 149 million for the Contract Tower Program and Cost-Share Program. The Appropriations Committees pay careful attention to requests they receive from members of the House and Senate so communications from individual offices concerning the importance of full and guaranteed funding for the Contract Tower Program as part of the FY 2015 DOT/FAA spending bill is critical. There is a formal process for communications with the Appropriations Committees that concludes on April 2 in the House and April 4 in Senate. As such, it is important that that you contact your House member(s) and Senators as soon as possible so they have time prepare their requests to send to the Appropriations Committees. To ensure that the Appropriations Committees understand the interest that exists from individual House and Senate offices, please see DRAFT emails/letters at the end of this email for you to send to your House member(s) and both of your U.S. Senators. The message to your elected officials and from your elected officials to the Appropriations Committees in the House and Senate is simple: Please ensure the FY 2015 DOT/FAA spending bill includes full and guaranteed funding for the Contract Tower Program and Cost-Share Program of $ 149 million. Because of delays in the delivery of mail on Capitol Hill, please email or fax your letters to your congressional delegation. If needed, click on the web link below to get names and fax numbers/emails of your two Senators and House member(s). http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ t It would be helpful if you can follow up with the appropriate congressional staff in the offices of your House member(s) and Senators a few days after you email/fax the letters to make sure they received the letter and ask if they have any questions. It is absolutely clear that your letters, emails, calls and meetings with your congressional delegation in the past has played a key role in protecting funding for the FCT Program. Remember in Washington "it's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease" so it will be extremely helpful to get all airports with FAA contract towers engaged to make sure that dedicated funding for the program is protected. Finally, we would encourage you to ask your local FBO's, business operators and others in your community to send similar requests to your congressional delegation, if they were supportive of our efforts to protect contract tower funding last year. Thank you for your time and effort on this important Hill request. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. DRAFT Contract Tower Letter from Airports to House Member(s) and Senators The Honorable. . . . . . . . . . U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative The Honorable. . . . . . . . . . U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Our airport would like to call your attention to one of the Federal Aviation Administration's most successful and cost-effective industry/government aviation safety partnerships — the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Program. Your assistance in once again making sure funding is protected for this vital air traffic safety program would be greatly appreciated by our aviation community. To ensure the continuation of the Contract Tower Program, we are requesting that Congress, as part of the FY 2015 DOT/FAA spending bill, provide full and dedicated funding for the program of $ 149 million. Specifically, we are seeking adoption of the following under the FAA "Operations" heading that is consistent to what was included in the FY 2014 omnibus spending bill: FY 2015 Appropriations Bill Language: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $149,000, 000 shall be for the contract tower program, of which $9,500, 000 is for the contract tower cost share program. We urge your support for this language, and we ask that you communicate that support to the Appropriations Committee through the programmatic request process specified by the Committee. Currently, 252 airports in 46 states participate in the Contract Tower Program. Our airport is very pleased to be a part of the program, which nationwide handles approximately 28 percent of control tower operations. The 2 (safety, cost-effectiveness, and air traffic efficiency record of the FCT program has been validated numerous times over the past two decades in several reports by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General and FAA safety audits. As a result of this proven government/industry partnership, the FCT program: (1 ) enhances aviation safety at smaller airports that otherwise would not have a tower; (2) provides significant savings to the FAA and taxpayers; (3) helps small airports with retaining and developing commercial air service and general aviation; (4) promotes economic development and creates jobs locally, and (5) consistently receives high marks for customer service from aviation users and pilots. Moreover, federal contract towers operate together with FAA- staffed facilities throughout the country as part of a unified national air traffic control system. (You should include any anecdotal information that highlights the importance of the contract tower program to your community, i.e., safety, air service and general aviation corporate aviation development and retainment). Thank you for your time and efforts to support the FAA Contract Tower Program. We look forward to working with you and your staff to ensure its future success. Sincerely yours, Your Name Title Airport Spencer Dickerson, C.M. Senior Executive Vice President for Global Operations AAAE/IAAF 601 Madison St., 4th Floor Alexandria, VA 22314 phone 703/824-0500, ext. 130 sdickerson@aaae.org 3 • Director Ray Boudreaux aye evlle Chairman Mike Gibbs TFinancial Coordinator James Nicholson nc=nusas Vice Chair Josh Mahon}' Administrative Assistant Lauren Treat Secretary Darryl Riddell Member Rick Bailey Member Bill Corley Member Ken Haxel Member Marty Burggraf AGENDA Fayetteville, Executive Airport Board Meeting 1 :30 p.m., Thursday, March 13, 2014 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 Mike Gibbs. 2. Approval of the Airport Board Minutes of the February 13, 2014 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. 4. Old Business. A. Design-Only Grant for Apron Repair Update B. Review of Strategic Planning Meeting: 5 Year Capital Improvement Plan C. Update: Iron Pig Festival 5. New Business. A. SkyVenture New Lease 6. Other Business. A. Items from the Airport Board. B. Items from the Public 7. Meeting adjourned. NOTE: Next Airport Board Meeting: April 10, 2014 Strategic Planning Meeting: 4500 SOUTH SCHOOL AVENUE, SUITE F• AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING •FAYETTEVILLE AR 72701 479.718.7642 • 479.718.7646 FAX • www.accessfayetteville.org/government/aviation airport—economic_development@ci.fayetteville.ar.us