Business Aviation Airport and Airport Services Changes for Second Half of May 2017

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With input from airport managers, FBO managers and contacts at aviation service providers around the world, AC-U-KWIK regularly updates its database and directories. Review some of the important additions and changes to data published on ACUKWIK.com from the first half of May 2017.
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Business Aviation Airport and Airport Services Changes for Week Ending March 30, 2017

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With input from airport managers, FBO managers and contacts at aviation service providers around the world, AC-U-KWIK regularly updates its database and directories. Review some of the important additions and changes to data published on ACUKWIK.com from the last seven or so days.
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UNICOM, ARINC or ASRI: What’s the Frequency, AC-U-KWIK?

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Question: When using AC-U-KWIK, I often come across different types of frequencies to contact an FBO while inbound to an airport. Of course I am familiar with UNICOM, and I also know that ARINC frequencies are individual frequencies for FBOs. But why do I see ASRI frequencies listed in AC-U-KWIK? Is this a new form of technology or just a name change?
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Municipalities Competing with Private FBOs: Fair or Foul?

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As many of you are aware, over the past couple of years there has been an effort by a number of municipal airport managements in the United States interested in entering the aviation services business where private enterprise providers already exist.

It’s a political hot potato to be sure. No one is suggesting that municipal airport-managed FBOs should not exist. There have always been airport-managed FBOs providing essential services at small and large airports, and for good reasons.

The controversy arises when a municipal airport authority decides to either compete with or edge out an existing private FBO enterprise. This begs the question: Is it fair, or is it foul? To answer this question, let’s examine both sides of the issue.

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Carpets for FBOs

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Photo by: Julie Jantzer-WardA couple weeks ago, we noticed a CNN.com post about Carpets for Airports, a Web site that waxes critical on the artistic and design merits of carpets in airport terminals around the world.

Like many of the best Web sites and Internet memes, it is a bemusing way to waste some time.

So knowing that many of the pilots who use AC-U-KWIK have down time between flights, we invite all to send us photos of carpets at FBOs. Like the contributors who place the airport carpet on a pedestal, anyone submitting photos of FBO carpets should include the airport and FBO name and an analysis of the carpet design.

To show that nothing is sacred, we at AC-U-KWIK will add the first carpet photos to the gallery ...

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New AC-U-KWIK iPhone App Empowers Pilots to Plan Trips “On the Fly”

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The AC-U-KWIK iPhone App, available today in the Apple iTunes Store, empowers pilots and aviation professionals with mobile access to the pre-flight planning information they need, the moment they need it. The application incorporates data from the popular AC-U-KWIK Airport and FBO directories and places it in the iPhone, taking advantage of Apple’s easy user interface. Searching for airports and services has never easier.

The AC-U-KWIK app is the only application available for mobile devices that delivers current and reliable premium pre-flight planning information for the lowest price on the market today ($4.99 for a limited time, with free updates.)

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Stirring the Pot of Airport Identifier Alphabet Soup

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One of our favorite things about working in the world of aviation is the alphabet soup of airport identifiers we encounter every day.

Some of us at AC-U-KWIK proudly reminisce about the first time we remembered that SUS is shorthand for Spirit of St. Louis Airport or that HPN is another way to say White Plains, N.Y.

When we came across this piece about airport code history, we had a good excuse to ponder the puzzles of airport codes that appear to be assigned without rhyme or reason.

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Village Requests Proposals to Provide Aircraft Services at CZG

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The Village of Endicott, located in New York's Southern Tier is offering an opportunity to provide pilot and aircraft services at Tri-Cities Airport (CZG). In addition to the base opportunity to provide these services, there are bid options to lease and operate the fuel farm, manage the Village-owned T-Hangars and maintain the airport.
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