Marshfield Airport Committee Minutes April 19th, 2017 Meeting called to Order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman John Berg Present: Chairman John Berg, Vice Chairman Jack Bremer, Paul Knauf, Dan Maurer and Chris Jockheck Absent: None Also Present: Chris Owens, Dan Knoeck, Duffy Gaier and Jeffrey Gaier Citizens Comments: None AP17-18 Motion by Jockheck Second by Bremer to approve the airport meeting minutes of March 19th, 2017. All Ayes Motion Carried AP17-19 Motion by Knauf, Second by Bremer to approve the airport manager s report of April 19th, 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried AP17-20 Motion by Maurer, Second by Knauf to approve the Airport Activity Report of April 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried AP17-21 Motion by Jockheck, Second by Maurer to approve the airport bills for April 2017. All Ayes, Motion Carried Trip to Wisconsin Bureau of Aeronautics Discussed Land Use Zoning: Discussed - The Airport will contact Josh Miller about land use zoning. Airport Master Plan: Discussed Additional Citizens Comments: None Motion by Jockheck, second by Knauf to adjourn at 7:10 PM, All Ayes Motion Carried Respectfully Submitted - Jeffrey Gaier
Airport Manager s Report April 19th, 2017 Members of the City of Marshfield, the airport committee and airport management went to Madison the end of March to meet with the Bureau of Aeronautics. We had the opportunity to meet several members of the Federal Aviation Administration from Chicago. Chicago branch of the FAA oversees the funding for projects in our area. It was an insightful and productive meeting. One of the topics discussed was land use planning and private ponds constructed near an airport. The Bureau of Aeronautics had a pre-bid meeting for the upcoming hanger drainage project. There was only one potential bidder that showed up for the pre-bid meeting. However, Becher- Hoppe said the plans were requested by multiple firms. There have been a few potential bidders that have stopped out to look at the area and a few other potential bidders have called asking questions. Hopefully the Bureau receives some good bids for the project. Hub City Times and the Marshfield News Herald have both reported the agreement between the Marshfield Clinic and Ascension has been made for Marshfield Clinic to purchase the hospital. As part of the agreement, Ascension will be retaining the helicopter and ground transport units of Spirit Transport. The Spirit Helicopter has been a main stay at the hospital for many years now. The Spirit Helicopter leaving will impact the helicopter numbers on the monthly activity report. 95% of the helicopter activity is the Spirit reported each month.
Hub City Times did announce that Marshfield Clinic is looking for replacement services for the helicopter and ambulance services Spirit Transport provided. At this time the details of the replacement services are unknown. Duffy received word from the Milwaukee Flight Standards District Office that designated pilot examiners, (DPE), are required to have a third class medical. Duffy has decided that he will step down from being a DPE the end of May when his third class special issuance medical runs out. After his medical expires, Duffy will fly under the new Basic Med rules which will allow him to operate as a flight instructor and pilot. Duffy has been a pilot examiner since 1986. He conducted roughly 6,000 pilot examination in his career. Duffy is not retiring from aviation. Duffy will still be acting as a flight instructor and aircraft seller / broker. Walt has started getting the lawn mowers ready for the 2017 grass mowing season. With the recent rains, the grass has sprouted from it s winter slumber. In a week or two, the mowers will be cutting grass again. Our condolences go out to the Wheeler family with the passing of Ann Wheeler. Ann and her husband were avid aviators. It is a love that is shared by their son Daniel. Happy Flying Duffy, Alice and Jeff Gaier
Picture left to right, Duffy Gaier, Dan Jurczyk and Howard Joling. Dan completed his flight training at Duffy s Aircraft with Howard Joling. Duffy and Dan went on a flight check on Monday April 17th and Dan passed. Dan is now a Private Pilot Pictured to the left: Duffy Gaier with Vincent Quadrani. Vincent completed his flight training with Duffy s Aircraft for a Commercial Pilot License.
Pictured Above: Several law enforcement agencies were out at the airport to practice K-9 searches on airplanes this month. This was a training exercise for the dogs and handlers to try their searches on something other they cars, trucks and vans. Pictured Above: Duffy s Aircraft has a new courtesy vehicle. The Chevy Malibu we used previously had a knock in the engine and 455 air conditioning (4 windows down and 55 miles an hour). Howard and Carol Rand happened to know where their was a 2004 Dodge Caravan in good condition with low miles. This will come in handy for the airport. The Courtesy car is owned by Duffy s Aircraft and is available for pilots when they fly into the airport and need to get somewhere in Marshfield.
Airport Activity Report April 2 0 1 7 Departures and or Landings Information - Flight Operations - 28 Days Between Reports Year YTD 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2014 YTD 2015 YTD 2016 April 2016 April 2017 YTD 2017 Jet 50 34 38 42 62 20 8 38 TurboProp 52 120 94 104 114 38 12 58 Twin 36 36 26 18 24 8 8 16 Single 1452 706 978 1016 1128 336 420 1026 Helicopter 740 844 856 1082 884 252 210 602 Light Sport 68 18 10 12 12 4 0 8 Total 2398 1758 2002 2274 2224 658 658 1748 Passengers Total 3193 2344 2668 3526 2974 877 877 1922 Local and Transient Traffic Transient 690 512 678 556 900 394 158 574 Local 1708 1256 1324 1818 1324 264 500 1174 Training Flights Total 1414 530 834 1004 1240 340 394 878 Fuel Dispensed Av Gas 5749 4334 4411 3048 2463 531 932 1769 Jet A 10310 13630 11231 14168 23479 6603 4990 9823 Total 16059 17964 15642 17216 25942 7134 5922 11592 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 500 400 300 200 100 0 Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
This Month Compared to the Same Month Last Year Jet Single Piston Turbo Prop Helicopter Twin Piston Light Sport Percentage By Type Of Aircraft That Came Into Marshfield Jet 2% TurboProp 3% Twin Piston 1% Single Piston 59% Helicopter 34% Light Sport 1% Transient Vs. Local Traffic Transient Local Percentage of Local Vs. Transient Traffic Local Traffic Transient Traffic
Fuel Sold - 6 Year Comparison 100LL Jet A Duffy s Flight Checks for Pilots - 6 Year Comparison Sport Instrument Student Pilot Certificate Private Commercial Computerized Written Exams Given At The Airport Private / Sport Insturment Commercial Drone Other Aviation Non-Aviation
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 Georgi Georgiev Don Halloran Howard Rand Steve Humphrey Mayo One (Medflight Helicopter from Eau Claire) Custom Fabrication and Repair Brian Barnett Kirk Haslow Haslow Farms Father Eric Berns David Vance Bruce Wineman Medevac (Medflight Wausau) Troy Rens Todd Masephol Shennon Richter Life Link III (Medflight New Richmond) Enbridge Burrnett Co. Flying Service Michael Tyler Bob Thill Valley Medical - Fixed Wing Medflight Wausau Flying Service Festival Foods Hawthorne Aviation (Medflight Fixed Wing Eau Claire) LJ Aviation Roehl Transport Patrick Colwell Steve Mickel MQ Aviation Matt Thomas Civil Air Patrol Dan Jurczyk Dana Fern Steve Mesner Krist Oil Jason Heldt Benjamin Beatty Japheth Franklin Patrick Dailey Wyatt Chmiel Gary Beatty Samantha Noel Timothy Kennedy Michael Lenbom Jarrod Thornton Ronald Nelson Brett Butler Janelle Taylor Jesse Holm Michael Hammitt Tyler seamans Peter Vance Joshua Lahner Anthony Lamouria Dennis Guenther John White Valerie Swanborg Marcus Construction Winnebago Flying Club Kahler Automation Corp TTX Air LLC Wright Aero Inc. TransCanada Pipeline Danielle Johnson Alaine Olthafer Vincent Quadrani
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 have discussed their time at Marshfield Marshfield Hotel Holiday Inn Blue Heron / West 14th Marshfield Clinic St. Joseph s Hospital 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 Lamers Smokehouse BBQ Nora s Kohl s Department Store Groups that Use the Airport Conference Room 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) Tiger Blue Line Club Marshfield Country Club Golfers Summary Report - We have seen a major increase in the amount of people flying this month. As the weather has gotten warmer, more people have been out flying. We have also seen more people come in interested in flying. Written exams continue to increase as more and more people are coming in to get their drone written completed. Drone license are the fastest growing portion of aviation today.