On a recent visit to the Chicago region, airport business sat with officials at Landmark Aviation (formerly DB Aviation) at the Waukegan Regional Airport, and airport managers at both the Chicago Executive and DuPage airports to get a sense of the challenges of operating in the current economic environment, and to see how business aviation is expected to fare here in the short term.
In the city of West Chicago lies the largest undeveloped land parcel in DuPage County known as The DuPage National Technology Park.
The fire station at DuPage Airport won’t be totally abandoned when West Chicago firefighters move into new digs at the end of the year.
More than 20 years ago the DuPage Airport Authority’s decision to purchase surrounding land sparked controversy. Some said the spending was unnecessary and excessive, but the airport, nevertheless, grew from 900 acres in 1985 to 2,800 acres by 1992.
You may have heard the saying, “Proper planning prevents poor performance.” They certainly have at DuPage Airport (DPA) in West Chicago. Careful planning has helped make the airport one of the key economic engines in the Chicago area.
What component of aviation infrastructure is more essential than airports? And yet is there any more beset? And very soon, in addition to concerns about real estate development, noise and environmental impact, safety considerations, airspace integration, zoning and landuse planning, and community relations, there comes one of capacity.