


30 incident that occurred when visibility was down below a half-mile due to foggy conditions. On Tuesday, Airport Safety Manager Russ Smith recounted a Dec. We also have powered traffic, fixed wing, we have corporate jet traffic, we have fire attack aircraft, which come in regularly, whenever we have a fire, they come here to base and then we’ve got our flight school.” “We’ve got rotary wing, which is helicopter and we’ve got gliders. “A control tower is 100-percent safety,” he said. Officials acknowledged that any effort to obtain a tower will be a long-detailed process that won’t occur in the near future.ĭuring an update last summer, then Airport Manager Chris Johnson said that a control tower doesn’t mean commercial air service. The lack of a control tower is cited as a weakness in the airport’s marketing plan, which members of the advisory committee reviewed on Tuesday. One of the arguments for passage of the question, which modified the initiatives passed by voters in 19 limiting weight was that the any permanent FAA control tower would require voter approval. 1 listed several limitations on the use of the airport, including going to the ballot for airport expansions. The hoops and red tape required for Minden-Tahoe Airport to install a control tower include getting approval from voters.
