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MoonlightVFR
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Airport News FAA Investigation

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St Clair Regional Airport, near St louis, MO

FAA has accepted a Formal Complaint part 16 and placed on docket.

Complliant states that City of St Clair diverted funds to show a very disproportional cost of insurance to the airport. City then reported publicly that airport losing money and should be shuttered.

Many Missouri municipalities belong to an insurance pool. This one is MIRMA. One lump sum is paid to MIRMA but no requirement to list how cost is divided among City departments, Police, Water, Fire, etc.
While no one was watching, it is alleged the St. Clair airport was being charged 20 - 25 times higher rate than actual.

The important point here is that enough factual evidence was presented to FAA and they have begun an investigation. It is on the docket.


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Behind every story like this there's a real estate developer.
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DaveF wrote:Behind every story like this there's a real estate developer.
My experience has been that behind every story like this, a municipality owning an airport has diverted airport resources to other municipal purposes, usually in direct violation of the terms of FAA grant funding. Typically it would be something like using an airport snow plow, paid for by an FAA grant, to plow non airport roads. The report in questions suggests that the airport was tagged for insurance expense that included non airport related coverage.
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I say for any airport closure proposal, there should be a requirement that a golf course must be included for closure as well.
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hilltop170 wrote:I say for any airport closure proposal, there should be a requirement that a golf course must be included for closure as well.
but not the usual crappy municipal golf course adjacent to the airport -- the displaced airport tenants get to pick which golf course in the area closes... :lol:
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No golf course at St Clair , MO

Many people from around the nation's airports are watching the outcome of efforts to close the airport.

Many persons from Chicago area and Wichita, Ks have visited the blog at kilo39 blogspot but they do not comment.

an unfounded rumor has surfaced again that states that Cabelas wants the property to put a big store to lure Bran-son tourist off the road.

Seems airport will be locked in to deterioration mode until 2026 when the FAA repayment disappears.


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