March 12, 2019
The Maddock Municipal Airport has received the “2018 General Aviation Airport of the Year” award. The award was presented on March 5th, 2019 at the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in Bismarck. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in partnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This award is for excellence in maintaining safety, project management, and community awareness.
March 12, 2019
The Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport has received the “2018 Commercial Service Airport of the Year” award. The award was presented on March 5th, 2019 at the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in Bismarck. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in partnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This award is for excellence in maintaining safety, project management, and community awareness.
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.