Regional Aviation Committee

10:00am, March 19, 2015

Coffee will be available at 9:30 A.M. and lunch will be served following the meeting.

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

For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance

1. Call to Order, Mike McCartney, Regional Aviation Committee Chairman

 

2. Introductions

 

3. Approval of Minutes from the December 2014 RAC Meeting

 

4. Status of Regional Airports and Heliports (2 Minute Reports):

Pennsylvania

  • Brandywine
  • Chester County
  • Doylestown
  • Heritage Field
  • New Garden
  • Northeast Philadelphia
  • Pennridge
  • Perkiomen Valley
  • Philadelphia International
  • Pottstown Municipal
  • Quakertown
  • Vansant
  • Wings Field
  • Penn’s Landing Heliport

New Jersey:

  • Camden County
  • Cross Keys
  • Flying W
  • Red Lion
  • South Jersey Regional
  • Spitfire Aerodrome
  • Trenton-Mercer
  • Trenton-Robbinsville

Delaware:

  • New Castle/Wilmington
  • Summit AirPark

Maryland:

  • Claremont Airport

5. Presentations

PennDOT Bureau of Aviation

An overview will be provided as to the current issues being experienced by the Bureau statewide and specific to eastern Pennsylvania. In addition, the current status of Multimodal grants will be reviewed.

Jennie Granger, AICP, Director, PA Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aviation

New Garden Flying Field

Not just an airport, but also a destination! This presentation will take a look at the 2015 airport projects and events promoting N57’s vision of not only being an airport in a community, but also a pillar of the community promoting education and passion of General Aviation.

Jon Martin, Aviation Director, New Garden Flying Field

6. DVRPC Planning Activities

  • DVRPC Aircraft Operations Counting, Dave Metzler
  • DVRPC/NJDOT AWOS Project, Paul Carafides
  • DVRPC FAA Capital Improvement Program, Ted Dahlburg
  • DVRPC 2015 Aerial Imagery, Glenn McNichol

7. Capital Funding Program Status

  • FAA
  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey
  • Delaware
  • Maryland

8. Old Business

 

9. New Business

 

10. Announcements/ Adjournment

DVRPC RAC Meeting Dates for 2015 (remaining):

  • June 18
  • September 17
  • December 17
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