Mon, Jul 11, 2016
Expanded Areas Near Homebuilt Camping, South 40 More Than Offsets Lost North 40 Spaces
Over the last several weeks we have been publishing advisories about changes in aircraft parking at Wittman Regional Airport during EAA AirVenture. If you’re used to going to certain places for parking, it may look a little different this year because of construction work. Here is another update recently published by EAA.
Some adjustments on the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh grounds have more than countered lost aircraft parking and camping spaces caused by this spring’s Wittman Regional Airport project that impacted the north side of the North 40 area.
Along with the new South 40 area established earlier this year, other moves allowed aircraft camping and parking spaces to be created on the south side of the North 40 and adjacent to homebuilt camping and parking.
“Welcoming aircraft to park and camp is a high priority for us, so we urged staff and volunteers to be creative in finding areas that could be used,” said Rick Larsen, EAA’s vice president of communities and member programs who coordinates features and attractions at AirVenture. “It was truly a cooperative effort that resulted in finding even more camping and parking spots than would be lost in 2016 through the airport project.”
Working in cooperation with the Warbirds of America, two lesser-used parking rows in the Warbirds area adjacent to the North 40 will be open to general aviation camping.
Along with the South 40, where the new aircraft camping area is coming along very well due to excellent weather in late June, additional aircraft parking and camping will be just south of the current homebuilt camping area. That includes much of the former Lot B (Yellow Lot) vehicle parking area. It will be accessed via the P1 taxiway off Runway 18/36. Aircraft ground marshals will direct aircraft to the proper areas as needed.
Moving aircraft parking into that area moves permit auto parking, with a small portion of the former Lot B still available with the remainder moving into the Green Lot near the Nature Center. General auto parking will move to other lots throughout the grounds.
“The airport project is a one-year project, but the cooperative work of EAA volunteers and staff made it possible to find ways to welcome more airplanes to the World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” Larsen said. “We want to make sure that we can welcome as many people as possible who want to fly their aircraft to Oshkosh.”
(Image provided by EAA)
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