Phuket Airpark, located in the Thailand, is in development. From a story in the Property Report, “Plane-owners will be able to park their aircraft in private mini-hangars attached to their villas at the development, which is the brainchild of Thai businessman Suchard Raksangob.” Read the rest of the story here.

The Troy Airpark residential airpark in Troy, MO, just completed a rebuild of its runway. It is now 2,200 feet long and 25 feet wide with a parallel 50-foot turf strip immediately north of the asphalt.

Frank Baldwin, airpark spokesman, said the paving was accomplished using a Terex TR-4503 road trimmer. This machine sets the exact depth of the base excavation. It took over 200 loads of base material for the 8-inches of fill. The net result is a new paved runway with a proper slope for correct drainage. Using the same Terex, the parallel turf runway was also leveled and smoothed, lights have been relocated wider so a trainer glider can be operated safely. The turf runway was planted in September with fescue grass (variety, Kentucky 31) and it was X’d off until Spring.

Located on 125-acre site, the airpark has 35 homesites and boasts a dozen homes already, with two more scheduled next year. Baldwin noted that there are 18 hangars on site with homes expected to follow in the future. The airpark was opened in 1996.

“In June 2009, the supervisors denied a request for a special-use permit from [Mark] Meyer that would have allowed construction of 16 houses with private airplane hangars at the airstrip — an $8 million project.”

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Upon opening the agenda item for the Waypoint CUP, commission member Tessa Levens moved to recommend denial of the request to the Town Board. Following more than an hour of public discussion, the motion to deny failed. Commission member Judy Meierotto’s motion to approve the request resulted in another two-to-two split with one abstention from member Rocky Tribovich, whose firm was hired to complete work at the Waypoint site.

The Town of Russell Board will consider the request on Tuesday, October 12th at 7 p.m. The request is also on the agenda for the October 21st public hearing and Bayfield County Zoning Committee meeting at 1 p.m.

The proposed airport is designed for GPS landing of private aircraft by home, hangar and landowners of Waypoint. The proposed runway is reduced in length by more than 800 feet since the original plans to minimize the clearing area while still maintaining safe landing and takeoffs.