Amanda Keim, a reporter for the East Valley (Phoeniz, Arizona) Tribune, is reporting that the Pegasus Airpark’s board wants the Queen Creek Town Council to reconsider its failed request to allow jets and helicopters to land at the facility, but so far, no council members have agreed to put it back on the agenda.

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A story in the November 17, 2008 issue of the Polk County Itemizer-Observer provide a good recap of the challenges facing some airports with through-the-fence agreement.

FAA’s directive threatens runway access at airpark

By Craig Coleman

INDEPENDENCE, OREGON — A directive from the regional office of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could threaten future taxiway access between the Independence State Airport (ISA) and the adjoining airpark to the east.

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Pan Handle Real Estate is reporting a Spring 2009 auction at Sandy Creek Airpark (Panama City, Florida). The auction will include 163 acres for future development, 29 airpark lots, and more. Click here for more details.

The (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera is reporting that a 50-year-old agreement that allows, “direct and perpetual access to the (Boulder) airport” from an adjoining residential property is creating problems. The FAA states the “through-the-fence agreement” is in violation of federal rules and is threatening to withhold federal AIP funds.

Barry Barnow, owner of both the property in question and Boulder Valley Aviation, see it differently. He wants to build a home and 2,000-square-foot hangar that will make for quick access to the airport. Nothing more, nothing less.

The story cites a similar situation happening in Scappoose, Oregon (click here for story). Perhaps the most troubling aspect of this can be found in the comment area of the Boulder story (scroll to the bottom). The perception of aviation is bad.

Bob Banman’s hangar-condo project at the Santa Paula (Calif.) airport is garnering a great deal of press. Earlier this week The Huffington Post ran a story, now the San Francisco Chronicle picked up the story and ran it both online and on page B-6 of the print edition.

The Arizona Daily Star is reporting on a proposed 15,000-home master planned community near the Ruby Star Airpark in Sahuarita, Arizona. Needless to say, current neighbors are a bit concerned. Read the full story here.

An October 25 story posted on The Huffington Post reports on the airpark project at the Santa Paula, California airport. Read the full story here.

Kelly Moyer writes in the South County Spotlight that attorney’s for the City of Scappoose, Oregon and the Port of St. Helens will argue (October 30) a land use case before Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals.

At the heart of the matter is whether or not the city’s new airport related zone allows residential uses at the Scappoose Airport. The Port says it does. The city says that’s not true.

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Deborah Buckhalter writes in the Jackson County Floridian of plans to expand development of Chipola Airpark (subscription required for full access).

Chipola Airpark subdivision plan expands

Published: October 15, 2008

Plans have been expanded for a proposed subdivision which will have a grass runway for the property owners to use.

The Chipola Airpark subdivision will lie partially in Greenwood and partially on the outskirts in unincorporated Jackson County.

On Tuesday, developers were granted preliminary plat modification that expands the original plan on the county side. They will be allowed to build 17 instead of the originally approved six lots on that portion. Each will measure approximately three quarters of a acre.

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Amanda Keim writes in the East Valley Tribune that a plan to allow jets or helicopters to use Arizona’s Pegasus Airpark has been struck down.

Jet plan for Queen Creek airpark grounded

Aviation aficionados won’t be able to land jets or helicopters at Queen Creek’s Pegasus Airpark anytime soon.

Representatives of the airpark, a private airport that allows property owners to land aircraft and keep them in hangers in the middle of the neighborhood, had asked the town council to let the facility accommodate very light jets and helicopters in addition to the piston engine planes already allowed.

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