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Golden Triangle, Key Field air control towers win reprieves

Ted Carter — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:15:17 +0000

Ties to military operations have exempted Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus and Key Field in Meridian from closing under a funding cutoff set to begin April 7 under the federal budget sequester. Five other “contract towers” in the state — Tupelo, Greenville, Oliver Branch, Jackson and Bay St. Louis – failed to gain exemptions [...]

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Safety assessments mixed over loss of air traffic tower guidance

Ted Carter — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:30:56 +0000

The early April shutdown of a handful of air traffic control towers at small airports around Mississippi should not diminish flight safety, airport operators say. But directors at a couple of the airports say loss of the towers is worrisome nonetheless. And at the national level, aviation trade organizations are raising concerns over flight safety. [...]

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Rayburn lands at DSU

MBJ Staff — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:43:35 +0000

Trey Rayburn has joined Delta State University’s aviation program as a commercial aviation instructor and assistant chief of flight instruction. Originally from Laurel, Rayburn is a graduate of Delta State, receiving his bachelor’s in commercial aviation in 2001 and his master’s in commercial aviation in 2005. Rayburn is no stranger to working for Delta State. [...]

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Richton-Perry County Airport awarded $105,000 grant

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:14:42 +0000

RICHTON — The Richton-Perry County Airport received a $105,000 Airport Improvement Program grant to clear obstructing growth along the approach to its runway. The grant is among more than $4.1 million awarded Monday to 16 Mississippi airports by the Federal Aviation Administration. The grants represented a second round of AIP funding for Mississippi airports. Last [...]

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Stop-and-go funding makes planning tough for Mississippi airport chiefs

Ted Carter — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:00:41 +0000

The refusal of Congress to go beyond short-hop funding for the Federal Aviation Administration has made uncertainty just another work challenge that the heads of Mississippi’s two major commercial airports must overcome. As one funding lapse ends another one appears on the horizon for Dirk Vanderleest at Jackson-Evers International Airport and Bruce Frallic at Gulfport-Biloxi [...]

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Airport enhancements continue at Hinds CC

MBJ Staff — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:25:34 +0000

RAYMOND — Hinds Community College president Dr. Clyde Muse and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will invest $1.85 million for the design and installation of an instrument landing system (ILS) for the John Bell Williams Airport. The funding is a collaborative result between Cochran, the FAA and Hinds Community [...]

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