Monday, July 30, 2012
Elite golfers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as thousands of spectators and reporters, will be flying our friendly skies.
- BUSINESS
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Monday, July 30, 2012
DuPage Airport is preparing to accommodate the 2012 Ryder Cup, a global sporting event taking place Sept. 28-30 at Medinah Country Club in suburban Chicago. The airport expects increased traffic during the event to include Ryder Cup players, among them the most elite golfers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as thousands of spectators and reporters. “Our Flight Center has been working closely with the PGA and the Ryder Cup planners to provide a full service transportation hub for the best golfers in the world and the crowds and media that are expected to attend," said David Bird, Executive Director of the DuPage Airport. “The airport has the state-of-the-art facilities and professional staff to handle this major international sporting …
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
West Chicago project has a price tag of $3.5 million and is expected to take four months to complete. Longer runways will help serve corporate flights and national security operations for events like a presidential visit or the NATO summit.
The DuPage Airport is extending its second-longest runway. Construction on the $3.5 million project, which took five years to receive Federal Aviation Administration approval, began this month and is expected to take four months to complete. The runway will be extended 1343 feet and will span 6350 feet upon completion, making it capable to accommodate the largest corporate jets. David Bird, executive director of the airport located in West Chicago, just east of St. Charles, said the lengthened runway will proide the airport with further operational flexibility and added safety. "This construction project allows us to use our extended secondary runway as a backup when maintenance is being performed on the primary runway," Bird said in a …
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Independent study calls DuPage Airport a "major economic engine for local development."
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
A newly released independent economic impact study of the DuPage Airport shows the general aviation facility brings broad economic benefits to DuPage County and metropolitan Chicago, pumping $117 million into the local economy in 2012 and creating nearly 1,000 jobs for area residents. The study, conducted by the Deerfield-based Gruen Gruen + Associates, found a total direct economic impact of $69 million for 2012 in expenditures made at the DuPage Airport Authority, including the DuPage Flight Center, Prairie Landing Golf Club, DuPage Business Center, and on-site businesses. The indirect impact of airport-related expenditures is $48 million, bringing total local impact to $117 million. “This study demonstrates that DuPage Airport serves …
Lois Lane
11:14 am on Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Too bad Diamonds was torn down quite a while ago so that intersection can be enlarged. Looks like he'll have to head to Blackjacks or Uncle Paulie's. more ›