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Beaver Island Airport Committee explores a 1,000-foot runway extension, 1986

Also October 24 1986 Beaver Island Airport Committee meeting · Beaver Island airport runway proposal

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Date1986-10-24
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1986-10-24
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Summary

The October 24, 1986 Airport Committee meeting explored a 1,000-foot paved runway extension, funding, engineering, environmental review, airport maintenance, and a hangar lease.

Evidence limits

This is a newspaper minutes report, not an approved grant, environmental assessment, engineering design, contract, appointment, or executed lease.

Sources

  1. Reports a proposal to extend the paved runway 1,000 feet, possible $50,000 state grant and $75,000 balance, environmental and engineering work, airport-manager and maintenance issues, and a proposed 12-month hangar lease. It is a newspaper minutes report, not an approved grant, environmental assessment, engineering design, contract, appointment, or executed lease. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-nine-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the Airport Committee report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1986-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Airport Committee explores a 1,000-foot runway extension, 1986”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-airport-runway-extension-committee-october-24-1986/, accessed [date], citing Airport Committee Meeting, October 24, 1986, Beaver Beacon, December 1986. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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