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Article: The evolving business airport: cities agree on new management structure at Palwaukee (IL) Municipal.(SPECIAL REPORT)(Palwaukee Municipal Airport)(Intergovernmental Agreement)
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- Airport Business
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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In June, the two towns that own Palwaukee Municipal Airport just north of Chicago O'Hare--Wheeling and Prospect Heights, IL--passed a piece of legislation that will forever alter the 2004 Illinois Reliever Airport of the Year's role in the National Airspace System. The towns agreed to inaugurate a new Intergovernmental Agreement at the airport. Here, a former air traffic controller and corporate pilot at Palwaukee offers a retrospective on how the change in management structure at this storied airport could be a benefit both locally and nationally.
Operationally, the need for change had been apparent to many for years. The airport's ability to keep up with ...