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Joey Colleran

Get Involved–Volunteer for AOPA!

By Joey Colleran
AOPA’s Director of the Airport Support Network (ASN) program

AOPA’s Airport Support Network (ASN) is recruiting volunteers for Texas airports. The ASN program was established in 1997 when AOPA recognized the need for a grassroots effort to help prevent airport closures. Presently, there are 2,500 ASN Volunteers nationwide. Over the years, the program was grown from a defensive “save the airport” stance to a more proactive “let’s promote the airport” effort. Instead of waiting for trouble, investing the time to help a community understand the value of its local airport is an important activity we all need to support. In fact, AOPA created a form to allow members to recognize their airport sponsors and it can be found at: http://www.aopa.org/asn/recognition.cfm. AOPA wants to recognize local elected officials who are good stewards of their community airport, and thank them for their support. If your local Mayor and Council, County Commissioners, or other elected officials have done a good job overseeing your airport, please let us know.

For more information about the Airport Support Network (ASN) program and to view a complete list of airports that need volunteers, visit www.aopa.org/asn. The following is a list of some of the airports that currently need an ASN Volunteer in Texas. If you or someone you know is an AOPA member, is based at one of these airports and would like to serve as our ASNV, please visit https://www.aopa.org/asn/asnform.cfm.

Airport ID Airport Name City
BKD STEPHENS COUNTY BRECKENRIDGE
45R HAWTHORNE FIELD KOUNTZE/SILSBEE
F00 JONES FIELD BONHAM
07R BISHOP MUNI BISHOP
BFE TERRY COUNTY BROWNFIELD
F17 CENTER MUNI CENTER
MKN COMANCHE COUNTY-CITY COMANCHE
ARM WHARTON RGNL WHARTON
RFI RUSK COUNTY HENDERSON
RPH GRAHAM MUNI GRAHAM

If you want to know more about what’s going on in Texas, visit http://www.aopa.org/central-southwest-rm or follow @AOPACentralSW (https://twitter.com/AOPACentralSW).

AOPA at the Texas Aviation Conference

Yasmina Platt and Joey Calleran standing beside an AOPA exhibit.

L-R: Yasmina Platt, AOPA’s Central Southwest Regional Manager, and Joey Colleran, Director of the AOPA Airport Support Network program. Both reside in Texas.

By Yasmina Platt
AOPA Central Southwest Regional Manager

For the first time, your association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), hosted a booth and the Airport Support Network (ASN) Volunteer Reception during the 31st Annual Texas Aviation Conference in Austin held May 13-15. The booth provided an opportunity to meet and network with aviation industry stakeholders from all around Texas, showcase AOPA’s efforts to preserve your freedom to fly and promote the upcoming AOPA Summit scheduled for October 10-12 in Fort Worth.

In addition to the booth, AOPA held an afternoon reception with a few local ASN volunteers and elected officials, as well as TxDOT Aviation Director Dave Fulton. The ASN program is still looking for volunteers in the state. The list below shows some of the Texas airports that currently need an ASN Volunteer. For information about the Airport Support Network (ASN) program and to view a complete list of airports that need volunteers, visit http://www.aopa.org/Advocacy/Get-Involved/Airport-Support-Network.aspx.

Airport ID

Airport Name

City

ARM

 WHARTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHARTON

ASL

 HARRISON COUNTY MARSHALL

BBD

 CURTIS FIELD BRADY

BKD

 STEPHENS COUNTY BRECKENRIDGE

ELP

 EL PASO INTERNATIONAL EL PASO

BRO

 BROWNSVILLE/S PADRE ISLAND INT’L BROWNSVILLE

JSO

 CHEROKEE COUNTY AIRPORT JACKSONVILLE

OCH

 A.L. MANGHAM JR REGIONAL ARPT NACOGDOCHES

RPH

 GRAHAM MUNICIPAL AIRPORT GRAHAM

TYR

 TYLER POUNDS REGIONAL ARPT TYLER

 
To learn more about what is happening in Texas, visit https://twitter.com/AOPACentralSW.