| Show Two Airport Sites Being Considered for Moab Chamber of Commerce President d dent nt Jack West Nest called on the Aviation Committee Tuesday to work with the county commissioners commis stoners In an engineering study of or two possible sites for the county airport An engineer Is scheduled to be beIn beIn beIn In Moab this week to compile comparison cost rost figures One site under consideration Is for a one one direction direction runway strip centered In Courthouse Wash The other site Is Centered approximately approximately ap ap- proximately one mile further from Moab In the area of Klondike Klon dike Flats where It wilt will be possible possible pos pos- sible sibil to expand to an L 11 runway runway run run- way to handle all wind conditions conditions con con- and Unlimited future growth A lons consideration for a new site Is essential in view of Fron Fron- u tiers tier's gradual change to faster moving and larger larger and jets and the present present pres pres- ent cot airport In upper Moab Valey Val Val- le Icy ey cannot be approved for night flying An application for federal aid will be made it a change Is decided upon The Chamber of Commerce committee consists of Robert nobert R. R Norman Gorman chairman Fred O G Stoye Dr A A. Ray West Nest Doyle D. D Johnson local manager of Frontier Airlines and E. E J. J Claus CPA |
