by - July 11, 2019 5:01 pm
Enplanements up 4% out of Fort Smith in the first half of 2019
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport – up almost 5% in June – is on track to post a fourth year of consecutive gains after a sudden drop…
Tag: Fort Smith Regional Airport
by - May 28, 2019 5:47 pm
Longer runway, economic development could be part of Fort Smith airport master plan
Fort Smith Regional Airport officials have been presented four alternatives to lengthening the main runway as part of a process to complete a new master plan for the facility. Lee’s…
by - April 16, 2019 6:00 pm
New fire station open at the Fort Smith Regional Airport
The Fort Smith Regional Airport on Tuesday (April 16) unveiled its new $3.4 million fire station to the public. The new 3–bay, Air Rescue Firefighting Facility (ARFF), located at the…
by - February 11, 2018 10:24 pm
Fort Smith airport sees enplanement gain in 2017
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements were up for the second straight year in 2017. Enplanements totaled 89,582 in 2017, up 2.4% from 87,488 in 2016. December enplanements totaled 7,173, down…
by - April 25, 2017 7:57 pm
Michael Griffin hired as next director of the Fort Smith Regional Airport
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission named Michael Griffin as the facility’s new airport director during Tuesday night’s (April 25) meeting. Griffin replaces former director John Parker, who announced his…
by - April 24, 2017 3:20 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport director job down to five finalists
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is closer to naming a replacement for former Director John Parker, who announced his retirement last November and officially stepped away from the position…
by - March 23, 2017 6:25 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director search underway, interim likely to be named prior to hiring
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker will retire on March 31 after 20 years with the facility and close to 10 as director. It’s not likely a new director…
by - January 18, 2017 4:37 pm
188th to regain fire and emergency services, benefit to the Fort Smith airport is possible
Fire and emergency services will return to the 188th Wing based at the Fort Smith Regional Airport thanks to a decision by Lt. Gen. Leon Scott “Catfish” Rice. The move…
by - November 28, 2016 8:53 am
New federal law will keep Fort Smith Regional Airport in compliance for FAA grant funding
The future Fort Smith Regional Airport Director will breathe a sigh of relief when settling into the office of Director John Parker, who announced his retirement — effective March 31,…
by - April 18, 2016 6:00 pm
Air Force Secretary asks FAA for help with issue between Air Guard and the Fort Smith Regional Airport
U.S. AIr Force Secretary Deborah James has asked Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta for relief from a technicality that might cause the Fort Smith Regional Airport to not be…
by - April 11, 2016 11:09 am
Fort Smith airport director still hopeful Air Guard will sign joint use agreement
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker said there has been “very little movement” on negotiations with the Air National Guard Bureau over the terms of a lease that could…
by - February 24, 2016 6:49 pm
Fort Smith airport director not sure new bill will help with Air Guard negotiation
Federal legislation filed Wednesday (Feb. 24) seeks to maintain federal grants for the Fort Smith Regional Airport. But the legislation was a surprise to Airport Director John Parker, and he…
by - July 22, 2015 11:43 am
Fort Smith Regional Airport near completion of new $10 million taxiway
The Fort Smith Regional Airport is in the final phases of a $10 million project to build a new taxiway on the northwest side of the main runway that will…
by - November 17, 2014 7:57 pm
Fort Smith airport officials to negotiate 188th lease with National Guard Bureau
The Fort Smith Regional Airport will face a $450,000 deficit in its operating fund for fiscal year 2015 and the blame can rest with the new mission of the 188th…
by - August 26, 2014 9:24 pm
Airport commission approves contract for fire, rescue services
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission approved a contract Tuesday (Aug. 26) with Pro-Tec Fire Services to provide firefighting protection and rescue services at the airport beginning Oct. 1. The…
by - August 12, 2014 5:40 pm
Fort Smith airport moves toward deal with Pro-Tec for fire and rescue services
In a special meeting, the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission on Tuesday (Aug. 12) approved entering into contract negotiations with Pro-Tec Fire Services to provide fire protection for the airport…
by - August 11, 2014 11:20 am
Fort Smith airport obtains largest-ever FAA grant, updates fire service plan
A $4.9 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to the Fort Smith Regional Airport is the largest single grant received by the airport and will pay for completion of…
by - July 22, 2014 9:45 pm
‘Lack of movement’ by military hampers Fort Smith airport fire service
The transition from fire protection provided by what is now known as the 188th Wing to an airport-run fire department has hit some speed bumps, the Fort Smith Airport Commission…
by - June 2, 2014 5:23 pm
Fort Smith airport officials consider fire service options without 188th support
The departure of the of the A-10 flying mission at the 188th Fighter Wing means more than just the flying Razorbacks are leaving Fort Smith's airport, so is firefighting protection…
by - May 27, 2014 9:35 pm
Airport Commission gives OK for talks on $40 million Fort Smith schools project
Plans for a new $40 million events complex for Fort Smith Public Schools took another step forward Tuesday (May 27) with the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission giving the green…