Frizzell/Kalispell AirportHello Kalispell City Council;
I am an aviation enthusiast who lives in North Carolina, and frequently
visits Montana. I have been coming to Kalispell since 2001, for the
fishing, and to hone my pilot skills. Whenever I am in the area I
utilize the businesses located at the Kalispell city airport. It has
come to my attention that there is a group lobbying to close the
airport. I can honestly say, that if this airport were to close or
move, my colleagues and I will probably be less likely to return to the
area. We choose S27 because of it’s convenient location, and proximity
to the businesses and services I require on my stays.
I have heard that this opposition group raise the issue that it is
unsafe to have an airport in town, and Kalispell is the only city with
this kind of airport. This too me is a non issue. My own home
airport is less than a mile from downtown Winston-Salem, NC, which has a
population density of over 1,600 people per square mile. As I travel
the country I routinely land at airports located in the middle of a
population center. Most notable are San Diego, CA; Columbia, SC;
Atlantic City, NJ; New Orleans Lakefront, LA; and Houston Executive,
TX.
Another issue this group has raised is noise. I live directly under
the departure end of the main runway of the Winston-Salem airport.
This airport averages 145 aircraft operations a day, including large
jets. I rarely even notice the aircraft noise. From my personal
experience in Kalispell, the motorcycles and modified trucks seem to be
much noisier than any aircraft in town. Cordially;
Michael D. Frizzell
Cooperative Benefits & Financial Services, LLC
5550 Overlook Circle
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Office 336.406.4075
Fax 336.744.8265
Michael@TeamCBFS.com <mailto:Michael@TeamCBFS.com>
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