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New hangars under
construction at DeKalb-
Peachtree Airport
Bf DAN WHISENHUNT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Construction of more than 50 new
hangars at the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport is
under way, the airport director says.
“Broke ground on the hangar project
last week,” airport Director Mike Van Wie
told members of the Buckhead Business
Association on March 28.
Van Wie said the hangar project will
cost more than the original $5 million
budget because of federal environmental
regulations. Total construction costs will be
around $8.3 million, he said.
The airport director said there will be an
official groundbreaking ceremony in April.
During his remarks, Van Wie talked
about the economic benefits of general avi
ation. PDK provides general aviation ser
vices, meaning it does not handle commer
cial or freight traffic.
The airport, located on Chamblee
Tucker Road, is the second busiest airport
in Georgia, after Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jack-
son International Airport.
“Were a general aviation reliever air
port,” Van Wie said. “That reliever designa
tion is important to us. We relieve Harts-
field of the business jets, the Cessna 172s,
the prop planes. That reliever status quali
fies us for a separate pool of federal money
that’s available for capital improvement.”
He said the airport brings in $39.9 mil
lion in tax revenue to DeKalb County and
traffic at the airport creates 1,834 jobs.
Van Wie said the airport has felt little
impact from the federal government’s se
questration, a series of automatic federal
budget cuts that began in March. He said
PDK air traffic controllers are federal em
ployees while other Georgia airports use
contractors for those jobs.
While PDK receives federal money for
improvement projects and air traffic con
trollers, Van Wie said the current president
isn’t a friend of general aviation.
Van Wie outlined the “No Plane, No
Gain” advocacy program, a joint effort of
the National Business Aviation Association
and the General Aviation Manufactur
ers Association. The group has taken issue
with President Obama’s criticism of corpo
rate jets as unnecessary luxuries.
“The current administration has been
beating up general aviation at every oppor
tunity,” Van Wie said. “The ‘No Plane, No
Gain’ program started in defense of our in
dustry.”
‘Taste of Buckhead’ returns
BY DAN WHISEMIWT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Start drooling: The Taste of Buck-
head Business will be on the menu for
Thursday, April 11.
The annual event, put on by the
Buckhead Business Association, draws
nearly 1,000 visitors and offers food
from popular Buckhead restaurants.
This year’s event will be held at the
Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference
Center, 405 Lenox Road, NE.
Registration begins at 5 p.m. and
the event lasts from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Tickets are $25 and can be pur
chased by visiting: www.buckheadbusi-
ness.org.
Confirmed restaurants include Brio
Tuscan Grille, City Club of Buckhead,
Village Tap and Nancy G’s.
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