FREE(?) AVGAS in Maine?

Wow, what a mess that is! I loved that airport, but it really is falling apart, litterally and figurativly.

"If we find that there was a theft, it may be indicative of the city not putting enough attention into the operation up there. We weren't built to be an airport manager." He said the city began managing the airport when the fixed base operator left 10 years ago.
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That would have been Telford, right?

He said the city probably did not put the kind of resources it should have into the airport because the airport is a losing proposition.
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You only have to see the condition of the facilities to know that's true.

The airport budget has two parts, he said -- maintenance and operational costs as well as buying fuel and fee collection. The city pays $60,000 or $70,000 a year to maintain the airport and in a good year it can make $25,000, he said.

But in the fiscal year that ended June 30, the city spent more than $80,000 on maintenance and lost $38,000 on the fixed base operator side, resulting in about a $125,000 net loss, he said.
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WOW! That's really bad. I wonder how much longer they're going to be able to keep that place open, especially if they find that it was negligence and not theft that caused the "loss" of the fuel.

I'm not sure where their tanks are, but the security didn't look great out there. But then again, 2000 gallons...that's a LOT of fuel!
 
Sad story, whatever. I've not been there; have only LeFlown LeSkyhawk over LeFleur Airport. (sometimes I LeKill LeMe)

HR
 
Lawreston said:
Sad story, whatever. I've not been there; have only LeFlown LeSkyhawk over LeFleur Airport. (sometimes I LeKill LeMe)

HR
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:rofl:

On an unrelated note, have you seen that Colgan is pulling out of BHB and PQI once their contract expires (early 2012)? More Cape Air or Gulfstream presence in Maine, I'd guess...
 
Yeah; I had read about those bits. And Congress is trying to kill the Essential Service funding; but KAUG just got a big $$$$$ boost from FAA to go toward the had been delayed runway expansion.

HR
 
Lawreston said:
Yeah; I had read about those bits. And Congress is trying to kill the Essential Service funding; but KAUG just got a big $$$$$ boost from FAA to go toward the had been delayed runway expansion.

HR
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Even if EAS goes away, I think AUG will be fine...they seem to always manage to find funding somewhere. I do wonder what will happen to that new terminal in RKD, though.
 
No surprise. There is an airport that I refuel at from time to time where I receive as much as a .50/gallon cash discount. I don't know the exact discount amount because it often has to do with rounding down to the nearest $20 or $100.

Mike
 
It's a shame to see such a nice airport falling apart. Telford Aviation was a booming business back in the 80s when my brother worked for them. It was a quick trip from AUG to WVL for lunch when I used to work at MIFS.
 
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