THE CHANDLER FLYER NEWSLETTER

APRIL, 2006

FROM THE OFFICE

Well, it’s nearing that time of year when our winter visitors begin migrating to their cooler climes. We want to thank all of you for your business and support. Every year our tenant population here at CHD increases during the winter months. To help with the increase in our tenant population, we plan to increase our available tie-down parking by adding a new parking apron. We are currently in the design phase of this project and will keep you posted as to the developments.

We hope you winter visitor’s will continue to fly safe and we look forward to seeing you next fall. When you return, we hope you will see a noticeable difference in CHD. With new hangar projects in progress the new Quantum Helicopter project at the helipad, the face of CHD is changing.

Have a great summer and we’ll see you all back here at CHD next year!

FROM THE FIELD

CLEAN SWEEP

Chandler Airport is the proud owner of a brand new regenerative air sweeper, thanks to a grant from the Maricopa County Association of Governments (MAG). MAG awards grants for purchasing sweepers that meet the PM10 standard. PM10 refers to particulate matter that is less than ten microns in size. This is the most dangerous particulate matter to public health, because it is small enough to be inhaled deep into the lungs, and is therefore a type of air pollution that the EPA has targeted under it’s air quality standards.

Keeping paved surfaces of runways, taxiways and ramps clear of debris and foreign objects is critical to the safe operation of aircraft, to avoid foreign object damage (FOD). Acquisition of the new sweeper will allow airport operations staff to perform this vital function more efficiently with the new state-of-the-art sweeper.

In addition to sweeping ramps and airfield at CHD, airport operations staff will also be sweeping streets around the airport, in order to comply with the conditions of the grant.

The sweeper is a versatile hybrid design, equipped with a gutter broom on one side, to pick up material from street gutters, and a blast nozzle on the other side, to blow aggregate material off of the edges of runways and taxiways. It is equipped with dual controls in the cab, for operation from either position.

The unit is painted safety yellow, to comply with FAA standards for airfield vehicles, and has a large retro-reflective numeral four on the top of the vehicle, which allows the tower to easily recognize it by it’s call sign.

Please join us in welcoming “Airport 4” to the field!