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NC Airports Association Bi-Weekly Newsletter

Please take a minute to review important reminders and updates from the NCAA!

Hurricane Helene Disaster Relief Efforts

Please take a minute to review important updates and resource links to support WESTERN, NC.

I will now be doing weekly updates to the following link moving forward.

SAVE THE DATE!

The 2025 NCAA Annual Conference will be held on the beautiful coast of Wilmington, North Carolina at the Wilmington Convention Center on April 8th-10th, 2025. Golf will be on Tuesday with the opening reception Tuesday evening! Mark your calendars now and plan to attend!

BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW! LIMITED AVAILABILITY AT BLOCK RATE.

All hotels are walking distance to the convention center.

Embassy Suites by Hilton, Wilmington Riverfront- Wilmington, NC 

  • Our hotel overlooks the Cape Fear River and Battleship North Carolina, with direct access to Wilmington Convention Center. The Wilmington Downtown Riverwalk passes by our door, and we’re a half-mile from the Historic District. Join us for a drink at our rooftop bar, and enjoy free made-to-order breakfast and complimentary evening receptions.

  • Embassy Suites reservations requires a credit card deposit which will be charged to your card. If you wish to cancel, please do so 72 hours prior to arrival to avoid cancellation penalties.

  • The NCAA Reservation Cutoff Date is Friday, March 1, 2025.  Reservations received after this date or after the block is filled are subject to prevailing rates and availability.

  • Accessible and Pet rooms have limited availability; $75.00 non-refundable fee, $75(1-4n), $125(5+n). 2 pets Max, dog/cat only.

  • Current overnight parking charges for in-house guests are as follows (subject to change): $22.00 per day for outside self-parking or garage parking, and $30.00 per day for valet parking. Separate parking charges will apply for day guests.

  • Smoking; A fee of up to 250 USD will be assessed for smoking in a non-smoking room. Please ask the Front Desk for locations of designated outdoor smoking areas.

  • Reservations are also available by telephone through the Central Reservations Office at +1 910-765-1131.

ALoft Wilmington at Coastline Center – Wilmington, NC 

  • Located in downtown Wilmington on the Cape Fear River where modern style meets historical charm.

  • A $20 daily self-parking fee applies, or a $25 daily valet fee.

  • Reservations are also available by telephone through the Reservations office at +1 910-377-7600

Hotel Ballast Wilmington, Tapestry Collection by Hilton

  • Our hotel sits on the Cape Fear River with a decor celebrating local maritime culture and Southern charm. The local shops and eateries of historic downtown Wilmington are footsteps away. The outdoor pool, patio, and fire pit feature views…

  • A $20 daily self-parking fee applies, or a $25 daily valet fee.

  • Service animals only.

  • Reservations are also available by telephone through the reservations office at +1 910-763-5900.

The 2025 Conference THEME is ANNOUNCED!

“Back to our Roots”

“Learning how to promote, protect, and continue developing your airport/business into the future.”

Want to see a specific topic talked about at the 2025 Conference? Share your thoughts by clicking the link below.

Meet our 2025 Keynote and Banquet Speakers!

Matt Mayberry:

Matt Mayberry is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, internationally acclaimed keynote speaker and one of the world’s foremost thought leaders on leadership development and culture. His insights on leadership, culture, and business performance have appeared in publications such as Forbes, Fortune, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, Fox Business, and ESPN, to name a few. Global Gurus named Matt one of the world’s Top 30 Leadership Thought Leaders for 2023. His latest book, Culture Is the Way, debuted as a National bestseller and was named as a must-read by Malcolm Gladwell’s Next Big Idea Club.

Lt. Col. Robert J. Darling:

In October 2007, Lieutenant Colonel Darling retired from the United States Marine Corps with just over twenty years of active-duty service. He flew attack helicopters in Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the first Gulf War and in Somalia, Africa, in support of Operation Restore Hope. In June 1998, he was selected to fly as a presidential pilot with Marine Helicopter Squadron One and in October 2000, was handpicked to work for the White House Military Office, Airlift Operations Department. It was in that capacity that Lt. Col. Darling supported the President, Vice President and National Security Advisor in the President’s Emergency Operations Center (PEOC) on September 11, 2001. As a public speaker on crisis leadership and decision making, Bob has addressed numerous academic, government, and military organizations to include Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and as a guest lecturer on the subject of Crisis Leadership and Counterterrorism at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Bob is the author of 24 Hours Inside the President’s Bunker, 9/11/01: The White House. He is the President and CEO of Flash Emergency Management, a crisis leadership training and technology company located in Stafford, Virginia.

Conference registration has been slightly delayed due to Hurricane Helene impacts for our website administrators. Please be patient as we catch up and get registration posted soon!

NCAA Membership Drive

Here is a friendly reminder that if you have not renewed your membership or joined for the 2024-2025 year, this is the time!

We very much appreciate your continued support of The North Carolina Airports Association with the renewal of your membership for this fiscal year July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025. By renewing your membership you are benefiting from the efforts of NCAA with Legislative Advocacy, attendance to the annual conference at a discounted rate, complimentary region meeting participation, member networking and information sharing, access to member contact information, RFQ, RFP & job posting as well as the other benefits associated with the membership.

Renewal can be done by:
Go to the site at https://ncairports.org
Go to MEMBERS menu and select MEMBERS ONLY SECTION
Log in (username is your email unless you previously changed it)
In the member’s dashboard, click on RENEWAL.
Click on CLICK HERE TO RENEW
The system will display your type of membership with a button for renewal.
When you click RENEW NOW, you will be directed to the payments page.
Once the payment is made, the process is complete.  (You may want to print or save a copy of your receipt)

If you are paying for multiple people from your airport or organization, renewal through the website must be done under each member log in.  If you wish to pay for multiple people in one credit card transaction, please contact me at 828-808-5502 and I will process these for you.

If you want to JOIN the association, CLICK HERE: https://lnkd.in/gkRvxHAF

Make sure to review each membership type so you ensure you select the correct category.

Payment made by check must be mailed to Emily Winberg, NCAA, 592 Isle of Pines Rd., Morresville, NC 28117 and accompanied by the member name and invoice number.

We look forward to your continued support of the  North Carolina Airports Association!

Elizabeth City State University- Women in Aviation hosts Fly In Trunk or Treat

PTI Named 2024 Top 10 Airport

PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024 — Piedmont Triad International Airport (PTI) is proud to announce it has been named one of the top 10 small airports in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for 2024. This prestigious recognition places PTI among the best small airports in the nation, as voted by travelers and aviation enthusiasts across the country.

Lumberton Regional Airport Presents ‘Fly-In and Cruise-In’

October 12th, 2024, Lumberton Regional will hold the second annual Fly-In/Cruise-In.

There will be planes, antique cars, food and shopping vendors, parachute jumpers, and music!! Clear your schedule and attend this great, family friendly event!

NC Airports Program Handbook

Dear N.C. Airport Community Colleagues,

Attached please find a copy of the updated North Carolina Airports Program Guidance Handbook, which is now available on our NCDOT Connect site.

This handbook is designed to serve as a complete guide to the programs, funding processes and requirements of the many financial and technical programs and services we offer at the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation (NCDOT Aviation).

You’ll find:  

  • Roles and responsibilities of North Carolina’s public use airports and the government agencies that support them

  • Information on state and federal funding sources and programs

  • Steps for managing publicly funded airport infrastructure development projects

  • References for statutory and regulatory requirements

  • Guidelines for selecting airport consultants

We hope this handbook update will become a much-used tool for the entire airport community, answering your questions, guiding your engagement with our office and managing development across our airport system. Feel free to share this with other pertinent or new stakeholders.

As always, please reach out to your regional airport project manager with any questions. And thank you for all you do to build a strong and resilient public airport system for North Carolina.

AIG Funds for GA Airports- Letter from NCDOT Division of Aviation

N.C. General Aviation Airport Colleagues,

Your NCAA Board at our quarterly meeting had a robust discussion with NCDOT Division of Aviation about a variety of issues, including our state’s drawdown of federal Airport Infrastructure Grants funds (AIG).

That discussion prompts me to write and ask that general aviation airports request your AIG funds from NCDOT Aviation as soon as possible, if you have not already. (NCDOT applies for AIG funds on behalf of GA airports. Commercial service airports apply for and receive and receive AIG funds directly from FAA).

As of today, N.C. general airports have requested only $6.5 million of the $37.9 million in AIG funds available to them. Only $1.5 million has been awarded and only $142,000 expended. North Carolina has one of the lowest AIG application rates of any state. And because of this, in the last month, NCDOT has received inquiries about it from the N.C. General Assembly, FAA and Board of Transportation.

Our airports have enjoyed tremendous funding support in recent years. It is imperative that we show our stakeholders we are effectively using the funds we receive, from all sources, to deliver a stronger system of public airports for our communities.  

If you need guidance on requesting funds, refer to the AIG collection guidance  posted on the NCDOT Connect site, the slides from the March training or the email each airport received in April showing the balance of funds you are eligible to request. And, as always, feel free to contact your  airport project manager for assistance determining what projects are suitable for these funds and how to request them.

Thank you for your attention to this request and for all of your efforts to demonstrate the value of public investment in North Carolina’s airport system.

A letter from the Business Manager:

“I will be attending the ACI Marketing and Communications Conference in San Fransisco, CA from October 28-30, 2024. I would love to see North Carolina Airports Association Consultants and Members on my trip! Please feel free to reach out and let me know if you are attending! I hope to see some familiar faces there!”

Email: emily@ncairports.org

Work Phone: (828) 808-5502

RMSHRM October Monthly Meeting as we tackle the topic:“Leveraging Worldviews to Bridge Generations.”

If you are in the Raleigh, NC area, come support our Business Manager, Emily Winberg at the RMSHRM monthly meeting, where she will sit as a panelist on the topic of “Leveraging Worldviews to Bridge Generations”.

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