Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Request Made To The FAA Last Week
National Air Transportation Association (NATA) President James
K. Coyne joined with ten other members of the Teterboro Airport
Industry Working Group last week in asking FAA Administrator Randy
Babbitt to increase the priority for construction of a new Air
Traffic Control Tower at Teterboro Airport (TEB). The current
control tower at TEB was constructed in the early 1970s as a
temporary facility and does not provide controllers an unobstructed
view of vital areas of the field.
"In terms of air safety, ensuring that tower controllers have an
unobstructed view and the latest technology and equipment is
vital," said Coyne. "Teterboro Airport is the nation's busiest
general aviation airport, and Teterboro controllers need a new
tower to continue to control the flow of air traffic safely."
The letter to Administrator Babbitt notes that in recent years
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has invested nearly
$100 million on a variety of safety improvement projects at TEB,
including new taxiways, lighting improvements, and the installation
of a new Engineered Material Arresting System. Despite repeated
requests that a new tower for TEB be placed on the FAA's Capital
Plan priority list, the project still remains a low priority for
the agency. NATA and the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group
hope that bringing this issue to the attention of the administrator
will help make a new tower a priority for the FAA.
In 2006, the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group
assembled a diverse group of aviation industry professionals,
including experienced aviation experts representing TEB's fixed
base operators, airport users and tenants, and national and local
aviation industry associations, to bridge the interests of the
aviation community and airport neighbors proactively and
voluntarily and to offer practical and workable local solutions
that address the unique nature of TEB.
Other signatories to the letter included Net Jets Aviation Inc.,
Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation, Teterboro Airport, Jet Aviation,
Signature Flight Support, General Aviation Manufacturers
Association, National Business Aviation Association, Meridian Air
Charter, First Aviation Services, and AFCO AVPORTS Management LLC
dba AvPorts.
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