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2026-05-11Des Moines Airport Advisory Committee Meeting May 11, 2026
Call to Order Agenda Items Item 1: Approval of Minutes Motion: “I move to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Committee meeting held on April 13, 2026.” Item 2: Complaints/Communications Item 3: Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) Meeting Update Item 4: Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) Update Item 5: Airport Committee Workplan Amendment -
2026-05-04Ep #24 The 400,000lb tube going 200mph
**Discover why environmental progress stalled for airport communities while cars got cleaner** Ever wonder why your car's emissions have dramatically improved over decades, but aviation seems stuck in the past? In this eye-opening episode of The Airport Communities Podcast, we explore the fascinating tale of two environmental paths that diverged after 1970. While Washington Senator Scoop Jackson spearheaded NEPA—one of the largest expansions of environmental policy in American history—and California secured game-changing carve-outs in the Clean Air Act that led to massive air quality improvements, aviation somehow got left behind. Despite Boeing being headquartered in Washington, aviation environmental standards never caught up. UW Meteorologist Cliff Mass delivers some stark perspective: those two annual flights to Europe generate more greenhouse gases than most people produce in their entire homes over a year. Meanwhile, Boeing's monopoly status has eliminated market incentives for cleaner technology. This wasn't an oversight—it was intentional. Today, every airport community continues paying the price for decisions made decades ago that exempted aviation from automotive-level engineering standards. -
2026-05-03StART meeting April 29, 2026
SAMP/SEPA teaser offers no spoilers. Just confusion over a process completed six months ago The latest meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable provided a recap of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan federal approval process (NEPA SAMP FONSI/ROD) and a teaser of the upcoming state process (SEPA) which will begin on May 22, 2026. StART Meeting -
2026-05-03At Sea-Tac vehicle safety gets fresh look after Laguardia crash
Ramp controllers Jamaal Surrell, center, and Daniel Pakulin monitor the movements of planes and vehicles from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s ramp control tower last month. Sea-Tac plans to add transponders and antennas that sync with the FAA’s system, giving air traffic controllers more visibility into vehicle movements. (Karen Ducey/ Seattle Times)Less By Lauren Rosenblatt Seattle Times -
2026-05-03A United jet narrowly avoided catastrophe when it struck a truck near Newark airport during landing
A low flying United Airlines plane crashed in a light pole and a moving bakery truck on the New Jersey Turnpike Sunday afternoon after making an attempt to land at Newark Airport. AP correspondent Julie Walker reports a United plane avoids catastrophe but strikes truck while landing at Newark airport. Anyone who drives that section -
2026-05-02Delta Air Lines Meltdown — Hundreds Of Flights Canceled While Rivals Run Fine Amid Internal “Crew Restrictions”
by Gary Leff on May 2, 2026 Delta Air Lines has cancelled hundreds of flights over the past two days. A number of readers have asked me what on earth is going on, and I’ve been a bit perplexed. Delta has cancelled nearly as many flights as Spirit Airlines today, and Spirit Airlines ceased operations -
2026-05-01Spirit airlines prepares to shut down
By Niraj Chokshi The New York Times Spirit Airlines turned off the lights for good Saturday morning. The budget airline had lost billions of dollars in recent years, filing for bankruptcy in 2024 and 2025. Spirit hoped to emerge from its second bankruptcy this summer as a smaller company, but those plans fell apart as -
2026-05-01Spirit Airlines on the Brink of Collapse as Cash Runs Dry and Rescue Deal Seems Unlikely – The Bulkhead Seat
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2026-05-01KCIA May 2026 Plane Talk
King County, Washington sent this bulletin at 05/01/2026 09:00 AM PDT Share / View as a Webpage You’re invited to the Vision 2045 Open House on May 14 The Vision 2045 Airport Plan will evaluate how King County International Airport-Boeing Field (KCIA) can evolve and adapt to meet future aviation demand and become a world-class -
2026-04-30CAWG meeting April 28, 2026
Crucial information. Is anyone listening? This week’s Commercial Aviation Work Group agenda April 28, 2026 meeting in Moses Lake was the latest in a trend of much more useful events under new WSDOT Aviation Director Ann Richart. The goal of the current group, versus the old CACC is no longer ‘find a second airport’. Now