Design work for the next major infrastructure project at Manhattan Regional Airport is about to take off.<\/p>\n
Airport Director Brandon Keazer shared details of the upcoming Taxiway Alpha upgrade on Monday\u2019s edition of Within Reason with Mike Matson on News Radio KMAN.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaxiway Alpha is our piece of pavement that runs parallel to the primary runway,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The airport is seeking a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to cover some of the costs of the project. Keazer said while the project is in the early stages, the FAA has signaled those funds may be available sooner than the airport anticipated.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the FAA what traditionally happens is they tell you to hold, hold, hold, hold and then all of a sudden go and then you better go quickly,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s where we\u2019re at.\u201d<\/p>\n
He plans to present an initial design contract to the Manhattan City Commission on Nov. 18. Construction is tentatively planned to begin in 2027.<\/p>\n
Keazer also spoke about how the ongoing government shutdown is affecting the airport.<\/p>\n
He said about 20 Transportation Security Administration officers at the airport continue to screen passengers daily, despite not receiving a paycheck as the shutdown enters its fourth week.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir mood is a little bit down but they\u2019re treating our customers great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The TSA officers handle all passenger screening for flights departing Manhattan and are among thousands of federal employees impacted by the shutdown. Keazer said the shutdown is not directly affecting Manhattan\u2019s air traffic controllers.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur tower is a little bit different, we\u2019re a contract tower,\u201d he said. \u201cThe tower is owned by the City of Manhattan. All of the equipment is the responsibility of the airport\u2019s, but the folks up there working are through the contract tower program, which is through Midwest ATC. They are being paid because they are contract employees.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flights in and out of Manhattan continue to operate on schedule, with American Airlines serving both Dallas and Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design work for the next major infrastructure project at Manhattan Regional Airport is about to take off. Airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[15148,15141,9303,15150,3347,8607,15145,15144,15142,15147,1183,75,84,83,15149,9,24,63,9515,15143,15146,15151],"class_list":["post-23049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-aerodromes","tag-air-traffic-control","tag-airport","tag-airport-infrastructure","tag-airports","tag-aviation","tag-aviation-accidents-and-incidents","tag-aviation-infrastructure","tag-aviation-safety","tag-aviation-support","tag-federal-aviation-administration","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-manhattan-regional-airport","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-transport","tag-transport-accidents-and-incidents","tag-transport-safety","tag-transportation-security-administration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}