Time Lapse Video of 8 hours at Naples Municipal Airport Click on the video link above to watch 8 hours of video compressed into 4 minutes. At one point in the video, over 22 aircraft are ready and waiting for passengers to arrive. NAPLES TOTAL OPERATIONS   February-09 February-10 Variance % Year To Date (2009) Year To Date (2010) Variance % TOTAL ITERANT OPERATIONS 8048 6840 (15.00) 38735 30746 (20.60) TOTAL LOCAL OPERATIONS 2584 1042 (59.70) 14826 7860 (47.00)   TOTAL OPERATIONS 10632 7882 (25.90) 53561 38606 (27.90) GA TERMINAL The new Terminal building was completed in December. The staff has had time to settle into the new building. The airline terminal is now very quiet. The Airport Authority Security office is still located in the airline terminal. Everyone else from the Airport Authority has moved into the second floor of the General Aviation Terminal. Plenty of sitting space with flat screen TVs Open and Bright Lobby Space Car Rental Services Flight Planning Room NEW TSA REGULATION FOR AIRPORT ACCESS Anyone with unescorted access to the Air Operations Area (ramp, hangars, tiedowns etc.) will have to have a photo Airport ID. Raul Estrada with the City of Naples Airport Authority assured that the process to get a new ID is not that hard. It does require one employee/owner of each aircraft to go through a full background check, with fingerprints. That person will act as the Signatory, or the person who will authorize the staff for the business to obtain additional IDs. The Airport Authority will begin the process of issuing IDs immediately. They are expected to contact all on-field businesses to schedule appointments. Once they are finished, the Airport Authority will contact the hangar/tie-down tenants to schedule their appointments. Citizens Airport Meetings by Joe Bawduniak Every few years a group forms to complain about airport noise and seeks to obtain some control over APF. A key element is to break the lease with the city and take funds from the airport. Such is the expressed agenda of a “new” group who hold Town Hall meetings. This name implies a formal city function, which it is not! It is only the name the group has adopted. After attending two meetings, it appears the discussion leaders, Larry Schultz, an attorney, and Alan Nelson, are urging the attendees, about 23 in number, to spread the word and gain support to obtain a citizens oversight of APF. There was an opportunity to address and correct some information. The attendees were courteous in listening to facts, which contradicted statements previously made to them. They understood that I spoke for myself as a tenant of the airport only, while acknowledging being a Director of NPA, FAA Safety Team Member, and past Chairman of the Airport authority. A few key points you should be aware of concerning our airport: 1. The Authority leases the ground for $1.00 per year for 99 years starting in 1969. Additional acreage is owned by the Authority itself. The lease has the city of Naples on one side and the Airport Authority on the other side, along with the FAA by contractual obligations! We cannot pay more rent to the city due to Federal regulations concerning diversion of revenue. Recent suggestions are the airport should pay millions a year in rent. The Airport and Airways Improvement Act and public Law 289 clearly prohibit diversion. 2. The accusation that the Airport Authority is freewheeling and out-of-control is unfounded. Legislation Chapter 69-1326, laws of Florida, defines the actions and limitations of the NAA. It is a constituted public instrumentality and is held to the performance of essential government functions. 3. The Airport Authority is currently investing about $700,000 in airport funds, not grant money, in a 150 Study. A part 150 of the Federal Aviation Regulations “Airport Noise compatibility Planning” sets standards for airport operators to use in documenting noise exposure and establishing programs to minimize noise related land use incompatibilities. APF has completed 4 such studies in an effort to minimize noise to the most neighbors. Local residents of the City of Naples are members of two committees who have input to this study. 4. What effect have anti-airport groups had in the past? Obviously no major effect! However, partly through the sought involvement of several past City Council members, significant staff time, legal fees, and limits on eligibility to serve on the Airport Authority were imposed. If you live in the County, do not bother to apply to the city Council for the volunteer position of Commissioner on the Airport Authority. The City passed an Ordinance to insure this. Factual statements made above are substantiated by documents in my possession. Any opinion that is expressed is mine alone. The purpose of sharing the above is to keep those who appreciate APF informed about events going on around us. Additional commentary will follow as appropriate. Joseph A. Bawduniak   ENGINE RUN-UPS Please do NOT conduct engine run-ups in the hangar areas. You must taxi your aircraft to the run-up reas at the end of the runways, or to a ramp where no aircraft are parked. Contact Tim Richardson with the Naples Airport Authority if you have any questions. 239-643-0404 (press 1) TOGGLE SWITCH OPENER A toggle-switch gate opener has been installed at gate 1S for the foot traffic at the new 3000 hangars and the 'Charlie Hangars.' The toggle-switch is on the light pole near the waste oil tank. Simply flip the switch and... the gate opens.... This is a great help for people that have found themselves trapped inside the secure area without a method of exit. PART 150 NOISE STUDY --- Staff continues to work with our noise consulting firm, Harris Miller Miller & Hanson., on the Part 150 Study Update. Download the latest quarterly noise report here NEED A HANGAR in Naples???? --- The Naples Airport Authority may have just what you're looking for!!! They currently have large T-Hangars available (1445 square feet, with a 47'6" door opening, 38' deep, 14' tail height)... for the low, low, LOW price of $523.84 per month. They also have a couple of storage units. , contact Pam at 239-643-3773 for more information. Downloads - Leasing Guidelines - Hangar Request Form - Executive Hangar & Storage Unit Request Form Marco Island Airport Update • The Collier County Airport Authority broke ground February 26 on phase 1 of the master plan near term capital improvement program implementation. This project is an approximately $800,000 ramp expansion/parking lot relocation expected to be complete by the end of the summer (2010). It is funded through FAA, FDOT grant dollars and county matching funds. • The runway 17/35 parallel taxiway/south ramp expansion construction project design has been completed and submitted to FAA for review. Upon FAA design approval, the project will be bid and application for FAA AIP discretionary funding will be submitted by June 1. If funded, the project will begin upon grant award potentially by the end of 2010. • The FAA has approved and published WAAS, LPV (vertical guidance) GPS approaches for runways 17/35. Aircraft Weight & Balance: Do we have to calculate it for every Flight? By Al Russo It’s surprising how often this debate comes up. Surprising because from day 1 we learn the acronym “ARROW” to describe the documents required to be in the airplane during flight. The “W” represents current Weight and Balance and Center of Gravity (CG) data. Just this week, I was asked to conduct a check-out for a pilot in one of our training aircraft. For the sake of anonymity we’ll call him “Pilot Bob”. When Bob was ready to go, we discussed how the check-out would be conducted, where we were going, and who would be acting as PIC. Just prior to leaving, I asked Pilot Bob if he had completed a weight and balance for our flight today. To my surprise, his response was, and I quote: “We don’t need one, it’s in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), and the FAA doesn’t require one for every flight”. Yikes! This was going to be an interesting day. It’s interesting to note that Pilot Bob has a log book filled with thousands of hours, flies jets for a living, and last but not least, he’s a Flight Instructor. I went over to the nearest PC and entered our passenger, fuel and baggage weights. Within 20 seconds, I had a current printout showing that we were under max gross weight and well within the CG range. Bob was not impressed. So, are we required by the FARs to calculate a weight and CG for every flight? And, does the weight and balance information located in the Pilot’s Operating Handbook satisfy the requirement for having a current weight and balance on-board? The answer to both questions is No. This seems to be a contradiction, but according to the FARs, these two documents serve different purposes. While there are no specified requirements for the Pilot in Command (PIC) operating under 14 CFR Part 91 to conduct weight and balance calculations prior to each flight, 14 CFR 91.9 requires the PIC to comply with the operating limits prescribed by the manufacturer. The FARs notwithstanding, let’s agree that calculating an aircraft’s weight and CG accurately makes good sense, and is essential for safety of flight. No different than checking the oil before each flight. Excessive weight and/or a CG out of range reduces the flight performance in almost every respect. To name a few of the more important factors, an overloaded aircraft will experience: Higher takeoff speed Reduced maneuverability Longer takeoff run Higher stalling speed Reduced rate and angle of climb Higher approach and landing speed Lower maximum altitude Longer landing roll Shorter range Excessive weight on the nose or tail wheel Reduced cruising speed   Unless we “do the math”, how else are we going to know we are complying with the certification and performance limits established for the aircraft? Limits such as CG ranges, Maximum Takeoff Weight, and required runway lengths are reduced to mere guess work if they were not calculated in advance of the flight. Owning a V35 Bonanza for years, I did have to calculate a new weight and balance each time I got into the airplane. Most trips in the airplane were with me alone, full fuel and a flight bag. I had already calculated the more common loading scenarios in advance, and I knew, and I could demonstrate that we were within the prescribed operating limitations on every flight. If my “canned” weight and balance forms didn’t cover the loading requirements for a particular trip, I would get out my trusty Sporty’s calculator and come up with a unique weight and balance for that particular trip. I hated telling my mother-in-law she had to stay behind on that trip to North Carolina because she put us over max gross weight. So, was Pilot Bob right about not being required to calculate a current weight and balance for our check-out flight? As the saying goes, he was “dead” right. Not knowing my weight, baggage weight, and the current fuel load, he had no way to be sure if we were within the operating limitations. To depart without knowing would have been a guess. We may have been in compliance with FAR 14 CFR 91.9. Who knows? And most importantly, safety of flight was in question. Not good, Bob. By answering the first question, we now understand why the weight and balance information in the POH will not satisfy the requirement specified by 14 CFR 91.9. This data is used during the aircraft certification process, and provides us with a starting point to calculate our loading CG and weight scenarios. This Section of the POH tells us our Basic Empty Weight, initial CG and important Arm data. It is also referenced in 14 CFR Part 43, requiring our maintenance personnel to update this information after any major modifications take place to the aircraft. Advisory Circular 43.13-1 issued by the FAA requires that these initial weight and CG calculations be accurate to within one pound or less for an aircraft whose Basic Empty Weight is less than 5,000 pounds. That’s 99.98%!. So make it a habit, like sumping the tanks, or checking the oil prior to each and every flight. Know for certain that you’re within operating limitations. If you own your own airplane, or fly the same aircraft on a regular basis, create canned weight and CG scenarios for your most common loading configurations. And if your mother-in-law decides she’d like to come along, just do the math. Al Russo is a CFII who lives and works in Naples, Florida. He is a Cirrus Instructor, and holds Advanced Ground and Instrument Ground Instructor Certifications. 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