Marshfield Airport Committee Minutes

May 17th, 2017 Meeting called to Order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman John Berg

Present: Chairman John Berg, Vice Chairman Jack Bremer, Dan Maurer and Chris Jockheck

Absent: Paul Knauf

Also Present: Chris Owens, Daniel Wall, Dan Knoeck, Duffy Gaier and Jeffrey Gaier

Citizens Comments: Chris Owens introduced Daniel Wall who will be taking over as President of EAA 992, the local EAA chapter.

AP17-22 Motion by Maurer Second by Bremer to approve the airport meeting minutes of April 19th, 2017. All Ayes

Motion Carried

AP17-23 Motion by Jockheck, Second by Bremer to approve the airport manager’s report of May, 2017. All Ayes,

Motion Carried

AP17-24 Motion by Jockheck, Second by Maurer to approve the Airport Activity Report of May 2017. All Ayes,

Motion Carried

AP17-25 Motion by Bremer, Second by Jockheck to approve the airport bills for May 2017. All Ayes,

Motion Carried

Boy Scout Fall Camporee At Airport: Discussed, No Action Taken

Land Use Zoning: Discussed - The Airport will contact Josh Miller about land use zoning and will ask about contacting the townships

Airport Master Plan: Discussed

Additional Citizens Comments: None

Motion by Bremer, second by Maurer to adjourn at 7:00 PM, All Ayes Motion Carried

Respectfully Submitted - Jeffrey Gaier

Airport Manager’s ReportMay 17th, 2017

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sent us notice that the instrument approach Non-Directional Beacon (NDB), for 16 would be listed as Not Available at night unless we can verify that the 20:1 clear zone is clear of obstructions or the Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASIs) which provide vertical guidance get commissioned. Duffy and I are both of the mind that when the VASI is replaced with a Precision Approach Path Indicator lights, that will be the time to have the lights commissioned. The VASIs are a maintenance concern in that they require regular maintenance to keep them functioning.

The FAA was recently at the airport testing the approaches at the airport. They were flying in a Challenger Jet that made multiple passes over the runway this month.

Bill Berg from Northway Communications stopped out this past month for his quarterly inspection of the Simplified Directional Frequency (SDF) approach and the outer marker in

The FAA made low passes this month over the runways at the airport.

This medical flight made it in before the rain on May 16th.

Richfield. Bill pointed out that the small heater in the SDF malfunctioned in that it did not turn off. So it was on generating heat. In the winter this is okay as it keeps the temperature in the building set, but it could certainly overheat the equipment when the temperatures got warmer. Bill unplugged the heater and asked that we replace it next fall / winter. As typical, the mouse poison also needs a refresh in the SDF and outer marker shed.

The field solidified enough for us to take a tractor out assist in lowering the windsock pole to replace the windsock that was damaged in March. Walt and Bob replaced the windsock with a replacement we have. We have an additional replacement windsock if needed. The windsock pole suffered some damage with a broken flange.

Pictured to the right: This Huey out of River Falls was visiting the HighGround in Neillsville. They crew was there for a event. They were offering flights to veterans over the HighGround. They stopped in several times throughout the day at Marshfield to refuel.

Duffy is on his way to his last few days as a pilot examiner. The 31st of May will be his last day. It has been an amazing 31 yeas as a pilot examiner. Duffy has had well over 6,000 pilots that he

has assisted in helping get a pilot rating over the years. Duffy will still be active at the airport and will be acting as a flight instructor at the airport. Duffy has spoken with another pilot examiner about doing flight checks at the airport.

Happy Flying - Duffy, Alice, Robert and Jeff Gaier

Pictured to the Left: Dan Jurczyk private pilot rating this month. Dan is from Marshfield, Pictured left to right, Duffy, Dan and Howard Joling.

Pictured to the Right: Todd Masephol achieved his private pilot rating this month. Pictured left to right, Duffy, Todd and Georgi Georgiev - Instructor. Todd is from Athens.

Just some of the aircraft that flew in this month.

Departures and or Landings Information - Flight Operations - 28 Days Between Reports

Year YTD 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2014 YTD 2015 YTD 2016 May 2016 May 2017 YTD 2017

Jet 66 46 48 54 82 20 14 52

TurboProp 62 184 126 118 150 36 20 78

Twin 42 46 38 26 32 8 16 32

Single 1900 1546 1346 1448 1464 336 504 1530

Helicopter 932 1264 1176 1328 1108 224 168 770

Light Sport 98 42 34 22 24 24 20 28

Total 3100 3128 2768 2996 2872 648 742 2490

Passengers

Total 4129 4170 3689 4488 3838 864 989 2911

Local and Transient Traffic

Transient 845 954 984 802 1257 357 178 752

Local 2255 2174 1784 2294 1615 291 564 1738

Training Flights

Total 1878 1078 1094 1488 1628 388 512 1390

Fuel Dispensed

Av Gas 7445 6615 6449 4047 2463 531 1376 3145

Jet A 13690 22349 16004 17097 23479 6603 2481 12304

Total 21135 28964 22453 21144 25942 7134 3857 15449All Information In This Report Is Estimated Based On The Activity At The Airport For The Month. An Operation is considered a take-off or a landing.

A i r p o r t A c t i v i t y

R e p o r t M a y 2 0 1 7

Totals per year to date

Flights Over the Past Five Years by the Present Month

Jet Turbo Prop Twin SingleHelicopter Ultralight / Sport

Types Of Aircraft That Have Visited Marshfield Per Year by the Present Month

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120

240

360

480

600

Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.

Jet Turbo Twin Engine Piston Single Engine Pistion Helicopter Light SportOperations by Aircraft for the Year

Transient LocalTransient Vs. Local Traffic

Jet 2%TurboProp 3%Twin Piston 1%Single Piston 61%Helicopter 31%Light Sport 1%

Percentage By Type Of Aircraft That Came Into Marshfield

Local Traffic Transient Traffic

Percentage of Local Vs. Transient Traffic

This Month Compared to the Same Month Last Year

Jet Turbo Prop Twin PistonSingle Piston Helicopter Light Sport

100LL Jet ASport PrivateInstrument CommercialStudent Pilot Certificate

Fuel Sold - 6 Year Comparison

Computerized Written Exams Given At The Airport

Private / SportInsturmentCommercialDroneOther AviationNon-Aviation

Duffy’s Flight Checks for Pilots - 6 Year Comparison

Duffy’s Aircraft Sales and Leasing Inc.Aviation On DemandSpirit TransportDan HillerCrossWind Aviation LLCWheelers Chevy Olds Pontiac Cadillac Inc.,Dan WheelerDuffy GaierBob GaierJeffrey & Elizabeth GaierGeorgi GeorgievDon HalloranHoward RandSteve HumphreyMayo One (Medflight Helicopter from Eau Claire)Custom Fabrication and RepairBrian BarnettKirk HaslowHaslow Farms David VanceBruce WinemanMedevac (Medflight Wausau)Troy RensTodd MasepholShennon RichterLife Link III (Medflight New Richmond)Burrnett Co. Flying ServiceMichael TylerBob ThillValley Medical - Fixed Wing MedflightWausau Flying ServiceFestival FoodsHawthorne Aviation (Medflight Fixed Wing Eau Claire)LJ AviationRoehl TransportPatrick ColwellSteve MickelMQ Aviation

Matt ThomasCivil Air PatrolDan JurczykDana FernSteve MesnerKrist OilJason HeldtAdam WebsterRobert KomroMark SchenkatDaniel ReeseKevin CadeauKathleen LaurieJustin MeyerAdam BudnikJonathan MeyerMark GullicksrudRichard ZelechowskiSteven MartinezJoseph WelschSteven OkonekBryan GutrajJordon ParkMartin LutherRodney KolpackLee PlonskeChristopher JilekRandal KundingerTroy MoseleyPatrick HansonMarcus ConstructionN850CS LLCJeff KoepkeCombat Helicopters LLCMichael RobbinsWright Aero LLCGran AirAscension Health

Individuals And Businesses That Have Used The Airport This Month

Groups that Use the Airport Conference Room

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 992 (Marshfield & Medford Group)Toastmasters of MarshfieldCentral Wisconsin Apple User GroupMarshfield Youth Hockey

C12 Group (Christian CEOs and owners building great businesses for a greater purpose)Tiger Blue Line Club

Marshfield Country Club Golfers

Summary Report - Activity is increasing as is typical this time of year

The Trickle Effect - These are businesses that we know of that have been utilized by the patrons of the airport this month. They spend money in Marshfield and the surrounding communities. This is just from conversations we have with pilots and passengers. There are more business that do benefit from the airport each month. These are just the ones we know about from the people that have discussed their time at Marshfield

Marshfield Hotel Holiday Inn Blue Heron / West 14th Marshfield ClinicSt. Joseph’s Hospital Festival Foods V & H Heavy TrucksRoehl Transport Custom Fabrication and Repair

SubwayChips McDonaldsLittle Casears Target Hardees The StoreBaltusNasonville Dairy

El MexicalNuts DeepCrabby DavesKentucky Fried ChickenLamers Smokehouse BBQNora’sKohl’s Department Store