Regional Aviation Committee

10:00 AM, June 18, 1997

Commission Office
The Bourse Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA

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1. Minutes of Meeting of March 12, 1998

2. Status of Plan Implementation

Airports

Philadelphia International, Northeast Philadelphia, Doylestown, Camden County Quakertown, Trenton-Mercer, New Castle County, Chester County, Pottstown Municipal, South Jersey Regional, Pottstown-Limerick, Cross Keys, Summit, Flying W, Buehl, Pennridge, Wings, New Garden, Brandywine, Trenton-Robbinsville, McGuire AFB

Heliports

3. Continuing Planning Activities

  • PA House Bill 2281. Municipal restriction of Block Grant and State Airport Capital Support.
  • Atlantic City International. Reorganization, expansion of facilities and traffic.
  • Airports in Transition. Update on Activities, Brandywine, Wings, New Garden, and Buehl.
  • Pavement Management Program Status.
  • Embry Riddle University Research Study.

4. Capital Programming

  • Status of AIP Program, FY99 Appropriations Level.
  • DVRPC Regional FY99 Capital Improvement Recommendations.
  • Discussion of PennDOT block grant issues and state funding priority allocation system.
  • New Jersey airport funding program, block grant and state funds.

5. Old Business

  • Co-listing of Trenton Mercer with PHL by IATA.
  • FCC/FAA interface over digital TV towers.

6. New Business

  • Willow Grove Air Show June 27-28, 1998.
  • South Jersey Regional-Air Victory Museum, 5th Annual Air Show September 19-20, 1998.
  • Next meeting date.

Attachments
1. Minutes of meeting of March 12, 1998.
2. Memo to RAC - DVRPC Operations Counting Activities 1988-1997.
3. Memo to RAC - Recent PA Legislative Action. 1999 PA Budget, Restraining Grants to Montgomery, Bucks and Delaware Airports.
4. Memo to RAC - Proposed FY99 Regional High Priority Capital Improvement Projects.
5. Federal Register. March 11, 1998, 14 CFR part 71, Class E Airspace Amendment Wrightstown, NJ.
6. Federal Register, March 25, 1998, 14 CFR Part 71, Class E Airspace Amendment Wilmington, DE.
7. Federal Register, May 6, 1998, 14 CFR Part 71, Class E Airspace Amendment, Philadelphia, PA.
8. Federal Register, May 7, 1998, 14 CFR Part 71, SIAP''s, Northeast Philadelphia.
9. AOPA Bulletins regarding eastern region airports, response to recommendations of National Civil Aviation Review Commission.
10. NJDOT letter to IATA regarding Trenton-Mercer.

11. Assorted articles: Discount Airfares; GA commuting; SJ Regional Air show; Fares and dumping; growth trends at PHL; Expansion of PHL with US Airways; Competition between airlines; Atlantic City International takeover; FAAs proposals for FY99 AIP, National airspace overhaul; performance based organization to operate air traffic system; FCC, digital T.V. towers and air safety; GPS network for helicopters.

Air Quality Partnership
Annual Report
Connections 2050
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)
Economic Development District