January 29, 2019
The North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame committee announces that Brian Rau has been selected for induction into the state’s Aviation Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on the evening of March 5th, at the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium banquet in Bismarck, ND. Brian Rau will join the prestigious aviation hall of fame group that currently includes 43 other individuals who have all had a significant impact to the growth, development, and promotion of aviation in North Dakota.
January 15, 2019
North Dakota’s commercial service airports finished calendar year 2018 with a statewide total of 1,083,117 passenger boardings. This is a growth of 52,478 passengers or a 5% increase from 2017 numbers. In 2018, the airports also saw 1,081,283 passenger deplanements for a grand total of 2,164,400 passengers that traveled through the commercial service terminal buildings of North Dakota over the past year.
November 21, 2018
The North Dakota Board of University and School Lands (Land Board) has awarded grants to the Dickinson and Williston Airports due to impacts by oil and gas development.
October 10, 2018
At the NASAO Awards Banquet on September 25th in Oklahoma City, the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission was given national recognition for the agency's FTAP (Flight Training Assistance Program) program.