The future of the Sanpete County Regional Airport is secure after a new 20-year interlocal agreement was signed between Sanpete County, Ephraim City, and Manti City. The deal replaces a handshake arrangement that’s been in place since 1941. All three entities will now share equal ownership, costs, and operations of […]
The Manti-Ephraim Airport will be hosting it’s annual fly-in event on Saturday. The event will begin at 7:30 with a pilots breakfast, followed by a public breakfast from 8-9 a.m. There will be a number of flying demonstrations during the event including visitor helicopter rides that will be available for […]
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — Officials at the Four Corners Regional Airport in northwestern New Mexico hope proposed upgrades will bring commercial airlines back — something the isolated regional has not had in nearly two years. A five-year $23.2 million plan presented this week calls for improvements to runways, installation of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Planes at Salt Lake City International Airport collided with 280 birds last year, including one incident where a flock of birds hit a plane carrying 223 passengers and narrowly missed hitting the engine. Most of the bird strikes were minor, but in total they caused […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A southern Utah airport serving more than 200,000 commercial passengers a year will close for four months to let crews rip up and rebuild a runway undermined by unstable blue clay. St. George Regional Airport manager Rich Stehmeier tells The Spectrum the closure is scheduled May 29 […]
