Volume 5, Issue 1
Spring 2015
The LWS Airport
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FAA bars drones near airports
The
Federal
Aviation
Administration (FAA) has published a
Federal Register notice on the safety of
model airplanes and small drones that
includes a new rule making it illegal to fly
the vehicles within five miles of an airport.
The notice comes after recent
incidents involving “the reckless use of
unmanned model aircraft near airports
and involving large crowds of people.”
The notice states that model aircraft and
small drones must not interfere with
manned aircraft, must be flown within
sight of the operator, and can only be
operated for hobby or recreational
purposes.
To operate an unmanned
aerial vehicle within five miles of an
airport, people will need to obtain
permission from the airport operator and
air traffic control ower.
The notice mentions the FAA will
take enforcement action against model
aircraft operators who operate their
aircraft in a dangerous manner. The
enforcement authority is designed to
protect users of the airspace as well as
people and property on the ground. The
FAA is also developing a plan to work
with the law enforcement community to
help them understand the new rules.
The public can contact the FAA
regarding unmanned aircraft concerns on
the FAA’s safety hotline website, or they
can call 1-866-835-5322, option four. The
new
interpretation
is
effective
immediately but the FAA will accept
comments on the notice until July 18.
Government Security News November/December 2014 Print
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Engineering Consultant Selection
The Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional Airport Authority is currently underway with the selection process to
select a new engineering consultant firm to assist with airport planning, professional engineering, surveying,
testing, grant preparation and administration and construction inspection for airport related projects and for
select capital acquisitions throughout the next 3-5 years.
Qualified applicants can obtain additioanl information by contacting the Airport Manager’s Office @
(208) 746-4471.
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Construction
The Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional
Airport Authority is currently underway with a
construction project that will allow for further
development on the South Side of the airport.
This project will consist of the
construction of a vehicle access road, two
taxilanes, site grading and installation of utilities
at the southeast corner of the ramp. This project
will allow for hangars to be constructed.
The project was awarded to Crea
Construction of Lewiston and is expected to be
completed later this spring.
Runway 8-26 Rehabilitation, Blast
Pad Construction and Safety Area
In November 2014 we completed a rehabilitation of RWY 8-26. This was one of those successful
projects that also presented us with several challenges.
The work included the removal of approximately 3” of porous friction course (PFC) asphalt and
replacing it with grooved asphalt. In addition to the paving, we added blast pads extending 200 ft off
the ends of the runway, paved the runway shoulders and smoothed out portions of the runway safety
area that did not meet the current FAA Standards.
This project was initially estimated to require a runway closure of at least 30 days. However, because
Delta cannot use RWY 12-30 and Horizon would have to fly with restricted passenger loads, the
constractors were allowed only two weeks of runway closure to get the work done.
The project was completed by a Poe Asphalt Paving at a contract price of approximately $4.3
million dollars and actually came in under budget! The Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional Airport Authority
would like to extend our thanks to all of the employees of Poe Asphalt Paving and their various subcontractors for a job well done.
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North Apron Reconstruction
This summer the Lewiston-Nez Perce
Regional Airport Authority will begin a project
to reconstruct a significant portion of the North
Ramp.
The area to be addressed will be the
area just south of Stout Flying Service and will
be completed in a phased manner so that we
will minimize the negative impacts to flight and
business operations throughout the period of
construction.
This project has not yet gone out to bid
but we anticipate bidding to occur this spring
with a phased construction schedule occurring
late summer of this year.
ARFF Station
The Lewiston-Nez Perce Regional
Airport Authority is in the early stages of
updating our Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting
(ARFF)Station. This is a dual use facility that
will serve both the airport and the City of
Lewiston. The current station (Station 4) was
constructed through an FAA grant in 1973 and
is due for an update.
The Airport Authority will be replacing
our ARFF Truck next year and the fire trucks
being manufactured today are too big to use
the current facility. A new site for the station
will also allow for added visibility of the airfield
by the ARFF personnel and will provide for a
much faster and safer response in the event of
an emergency situation.
A task force has been convened that
includes members from the airport, airport
board, city council, fire department, county
commission and members of the local
community in an effort to identify the best
location for the new Fire/ARFF Station.
As a joint station the design input and
costs of construction will be shared by the
airport, city and FAA.
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Chris Hayes
Chairman
Mike Martin
Vice Chairman
Pat Nuxoll
Treasurer
Verl Long
Secretary
William V. McCann, Jr.
Commissioner
Bruce MacLachlan, A.A.E.
Airport Manager
Tye Harper
Operations & Maintenance
Denise Gustin
Adminsitration