We’ve been talking about fuel sales at DeKalb’s airport recently. This was in the context of DeKalb’s new marketing practice of deeply discounting fuel in order to bring in new customers, and perhaps reaching at some point the same successful level of sales of 2013, the good old days when net sales more than covered… Continue reading Shooting oneself in the foot at the DeKalb airport
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DeKalb’s airport fuel sales were better in 2013
City of DeKalb is extremely happy with airport fuel sales over the past few months, and according to the 2018 draft budget is estimating $416,000 in gross fuel sales for 2017. However, the recent increase is due to deep discounting of fuel, and fuel sales were better in previous years. The airport in DeKalb began… Continue reading DeKalb’s airport fuel sales were better in 2013
Airport Operating Deficits
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for FY2014 is out. So far the document is only accessible as part of the December 8 council meeting agenda, but at some point will probably appear on the city’s downloads page under the Finance title. Let’s stick a toe in by first visiting the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport… Continue reading Airport Operating Deficits
TIF Funds Paid for Airport Signage
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Progress at the Airport
I decided to see if DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport has made progress in growing its non-governmental revenues now that it has added fuel sales and new tenants. Below is a table showing the primary revenue category, rentals, along with the newbie, fuel sales. These are not the only non-governmental revenues, but the remainder combined don’t… Continue reading Progress at the Airport
DeKalb’s Airport as a Grant Funding Priority
Was the Daley Policy Group initially hired just to get money for the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport, or are airport grants simply the low-hanging fruit in DC? Over the past 20 years: At least 20 separate airport projects were funded, compared to seven non-airport-related projects $28.6 million, which is 68% of the total grant/earmark dollars,… Continue reading DeKalb’s Airport as a Grant Funding Priority
Even More Airport Trouble
DeKalb County Online has scooped everyone once again with the story of a lawsuit filed by Midwest Flight Academy, Inc., against DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport manager Tom Cleveland. The complaint is centered around Cleveland’s treatment of Midwest that allegedly differed from his treatment of Fly America, including the claim that under similar circumstances, Midwest was… Continue reading Even More Airport Trouble
More Trouble for DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airport
DeKalb County Online has the scoop, in the form of an e-mail from the FAA: Partial closures, which I hear Corn Fest is, still requires approval by FAA. And if Corn Fest has previously been held at DKB and closed part of the airport for a weekend, I would say that it should have been… Continue reading More Trouble for DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airport
Airport Business Plan
A fellow citywatcher told me I should ask for a copy of the DeKalb-Taylor Municipal Airport (DTMA) Business Plan. So I did. He must be laughing right now, knowing (I am sure) that there isn’t one. That’s right, the $350,000 per year black hole has no plan to change.
The Absurdity of the Airport, & Other Budget Tales
Tonight at the budget workshop I remarked that it was kind of nonsensical and backwards (exact words) to continue to carry this albatross of an airport (paraphrase) when the police department does not have adequate facilities. Later in the evening, I was rebutted with a pretty picture presented by Public Works Director Rick Monas of… Continue reading The Absurdity of the Airport, & Other Budget Tales