Marshfield Airport Committee Minutes October 25th, 2017 Meeting called to Order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman John Berg Present: Chairman John Berg, Vice Chairman Jack Bremer, Dan Maurer and Chris Jockheck Absent: Paul Knauf Also Present: Dan Knoeck, Duffy Gaier and Jeffrey Gaier Citizens Comments: None AP17-44 Motion by Jockheck Second by Maurer to approve the airport meeting minutes of September 20th, 2017. All Ayes Motion Carried AP17-45 Motion by Jockheck, Second by Bremer to approve the airport manager s report of October 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried AP17-46 Motion by Maurer, Second by Bremer to approve the airport activity report of October 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried AP17-47 Motion by Jockheck, Second by Bremer to approve the airport bills for October 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried 2018 Events and Activities - Discussed - No Action Taken Project Updates - Discussed - No Action Taken Additional Citizens Comments: None Motion by Jockheck, second by Bremer to adjourn at 6:54 PM, All Ayes Motion Carried Respectfully Submitted - Jeffrey Gaier
Marshfield Airport Management Report October 25th, 2017 The primary construction on the hangar area has been completed. We have new drainage and new asphalt on the airport by the North hangar area. This will greatly improve the drainage that was causing damage to the floors of some of the nearby hangars. We are to keep heavy equipment off the pavement as there are still some potential of damaging the asphalt. During a recent rain shower, the new asphalt did what it was supposed to do and drained the surface water away. New Asphalt Being Placed Drainage facing East The topsoil has been replaced next to the asphalt and seeding has been put down. Drainage Facing West Earth Inc., The contractor on the project still needs to return and complete the additional drain tile that was added to the project to remove a potential water drainage issue in in the project.
As part of the project, runway 05/23 was crack filled. Struck and Irwin, the contractor for the crack filling was out at the airport Wednesday and Thursday this past week and filled the cracks on the runway and taxiway leading up to the ramp. We are thankful that we go that all included in the project. The past September we had several groups of boy scouts, parents and chaperones, camping out at the airport so the boy scouts could earn their aviation merit badges. The group spent the weekend at the airport learning about aviation. They all had a great time and thankfully it was reasonable weather for them. The Boy Scouts Trying Paper Airplane Construction / Design / And Distance Flying We were fortunate to have Jurg Grossenbacher from the FAA come to the airport Oct. 16th and put on a Safety Seminar for the local pilots. Jurg gave a presentation and answered questions about personal minimums, weather and other FAA topics. Jurg Grossenbacher from the FAA giving the safety seminar to local pilots in the lobby at the airport
Earlier this month the FAA performed a site inspection of the Simplified Directional Frequency Approach at Marshfield. This inspection was conducted with Bill Berg from Northway Communications, the technician that services the SDF approach at Marshfield. During the inspection, the SDF demonstrated readings that the FAA inspector noticed. The FAA inspector informed us that the the SDF has to be shut down. Bill Berg informed us that the repairs needed for the SDF to have the correct readings are beyond his abilities. The FAA inspector did let us know that if we wish to maintain the approach that we can try to find another technician to repair the approach and be checked out by the FAA to service the SDF. We feel that perhaps it is time to allow this aging approach to end. The SDF approach in Marshfield is the last remaining SDF approach in Wisconsin and we believe in the US. Land Use Seminar Funding of projects is continuing with the typical hurdles from the FAA and State. The expected time for a project before construction is three years to get the paperwork, surveys, environmental assessments and designs completed before a project. The FAA will not fund any fuel farm upgrades, but they will fund entire new fuel farms. Several airports were talking about getting rid of the typical phone line credit card reader that relies on a phone modem to dial in the credit card authorizations. The FAA funding is still in limbo as the House and Senate work to come to terms on the Air Traffic Control Privatization. The talk amongst the airports is there is no need to take it away from the tax payers and put it in the hands of the airlines or group that will be set up to fail leaving all flying public in a bad predicament. The current FAA is funded until March on an extension. Hopefully a new funding bill for the FAA will be in place by then. If not a new extension would more then likely be created to continue funding the FAA and projects. Jeff met with Kyle Lewis, The Great Lakes Regional Manager of the Aircraft Owners and Pilot Association. AOPA is fighting against the ATC Privatization, but even they don t know what direction it is going to go. We also discussed the issues we have with lack of ADS-B coverage and how with the military operations area, it would be beneficial. Also we discussed how Minneapolis Center can be difficult with not providing instrument approaches into Marshfield and Black River Falls when the MOA is active. Jeff will be keeping in touch with Kyle as he is the AOPA volunteer at Marshfield. Pictured to the right: The new fence located on the South end of the airport. Happy Flying Duffy, Alice, Robert and Jeff
Various aircraft that have stopped into Marshfield this past month.
Present and Past inductees to the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame. Some inductees are represented by family members. Howard & Kathy Joling, Duffy, Alice Robert and Jeff Gaier attended the 2017 induction ceremony for the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame, (WAHF). Duffy was inducted into he WAHF in 2004. It is always a pleasure to attend to see people that we have worked with on various aviation related events and activities over the years get recognized for their accomplishments. The Image above of Duffy has been Contributed by the Wisconsin Aviation Hall of Fame
Airport Activity Report O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 Departures and or Landings Information - Flight Operations - 35 Days Between Reports Year YTD 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2014 YTD 2015 YTD 2016 October 2016 October 2017 YTD 2017 Jet 132 112 84 110 190 18 14 136 TurboProp 114 414 230 188 312 30 20 198 Twin 100 106 94 76 90 4 8 104 Single 3954 5150 4356 3838 4092 532 332 4056 Helicopter 2432 2902 3192 2626 2318 164 132 1450 Light Sport 260 208 224 216 188 16 10 212 Total 6992 8892 8180 7054 7190 764 516 6156 Passengers Total 9311 11720 11870 8639 9376 1018 688 7798 Local and Transient Traffic Transient 1817 3120 2940 2374 2891 198 206 2070 Local 5175 5772 5240 4680 4299 566 310 4086 Training Flights Total 3904 4492 3654 3938 3799 504 360 3238 Fuel Dispensed Av Gas 19249 16718 16097 12519 12945 1272 1144 11887 Jet A 31500 46582 31118 26984 71542 6928 7604 41922 Total 50749 63300 47215 39503 84487 8200 8748 53809 All Information In This Report Is Estimated Based On The Activity At The Airport For The Month. An Operation is considered a take-off or a landing.
Flights Over the Past Five Years by the Present Month Totals per year to date Types Of Aircraft That Have Visited Marshfield Per Year by the Present Month Jet Turbo Prop Twin Single Helicopter Ultralight / Sport Operations by Aircraft for the Year Jet Turbo Twin Engine Piston Single Engine Pistion Helicopter Light Sport 700 560 420 280 140 0 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Operations for the Year Jet Turbo Twin Engine Piston Single Engine Piston Helicopter Light Sport
This Month Compared to the Same Month Last Year Jet Helicopter Turbo Prop Light Sport Twin Piston Single Piston Percentage By Type Of Aircraft That Came Into Marshfield Jet 2% TurboProp 3% Twin Piston 2% Single Piston 66% Helicopter 24% Light Sport 3% Transient Vs. Local Traffic Transient Local Percentage of Local Vs. Transient Traffic Local Traffic Transient Traffic
Fuel Sold - 6 Year Comparison 100LL Jet A Written Exams Given At The Airport This Year Private & Sport Other Aviation Instrument Non-Aviation Commercial Computerized Written Exams Given At The Airport Private / Sport Insturment Commercial Drone Other Aviation Non-Aviation Drone
Individuals And Businesses That Have Used The Airport This Month Duffy s Aircraft Sales and Leasing Inc. Aviation On Demand Spirit Transport Dan Hiller CrossWind Aviation LLC Wheelers Chevy Olds Pontiac Cadillac Inc., Dan Wheeler Duffy Gaier Bob Gaier Jeffrey & Elizabeth Gaier & Nathan Georgi Georgiev Don Halloran Howard Rand Steve Humphrey Mayo One (Medflight Helicopter from Eau Claire) Custom Fabrication and Repair Brian Barnett Loyal Aviation Kirk Haslow David Vance Bruce Wineman Medevac (Medflight Wausau) Troy Rens Thomas Pue William Schreiber Shennon Richter Life Link III (Medflight New Richmond - Helicopter) Life Link III (Medflight Minneapolis - Fixed Wing) Life Link III (Medflight from Anoka, MN) Bob Thill Valley Medical - Fixed Wing Medflight Wausau Flying Service Festival Foods LJ Aviation Roehl Transport Enbridge Air Methods - Spirit One - (Med Flight Stevens Point) Air Methods - Spirit Two - (Med Flight Rhinelander) Theda Star - (Med Flight Necedah) Chris Owens Carl Seider Patrick Colwell Steve Mickel MQ Aviation Matt Thomas Civil Air Patrol Dana Fern Steve Mesner MedLink Air TTX Air LLC Karl Kemper Becher-Hoppe Associates Randy Musack Dale Mar Enterprises Dale Short Guardian Flight LLC (Medflight From MI) North Memorial Medlink (Medflight Helicopter from Siren, WI) Quad B Flying LLC Thad Lipinski Mark Schenkat Net Jets AIG Aerospace Insurance Luke Parmeter Bradley Strobel Paul Reinertson Dakota Sonnentag Bradley Hahn Brent Kelly Russell Kollmansberger Ben Palmer Kyle Marcott
The Trickle Effect - These are businesses that we know of that have been utilized by the patrons of the airport this month. They spend money in Marshfield and the surrounding communities. This is just from conversations we have with pilots and passengers. There are more business that do benefit from the airport each month. These are just the ones we know about from the people that Marshfield Hotel Holiday Inn Blue Heron / West 14th Marshfield Clinic & Marshfield Medical Center Festival Foods V & H Heavy Trucks Roehl Transport Custom Fabrication and Repair Subway Chips McDonalds Little Casears Target Hardees The Store Baltus Nasonville Dairy El Mexical Nuts Deep Crabby Daves Kentucky Fried Chicken Hub City Ice Cream Weber s Farm Store Kohl s Department Store Central Cafe Businesses Or Groups That Used The Airport Conference Room This Month Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 (Marshfield & Medford Group) Toastmasters of Marshfield Central Wisconsin Apple User Group Marshfield Youth Hockey C12 Group (Christian CEOs and owners building great businesses for a greater purpose) Summary Report It is that time of year when the seasons begin to change. We have noticed an increase in migrating birds in the area. We are flying with students and people on flying on days when the weather is cooperating.