
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 28 (Monday, February 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 9770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03034]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Request to Release Airport Property

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Rule on Request to Release Airport Property 
at the Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, KS.

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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the 
release of land at the Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO), Wichita, 
Kansas, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 13, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
610C, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to: John Oswald, Airport Engineer, Colonel James 
Jabara Airport, Wichita Airport Authority; 2173 Air Cargo Rd., Wichita, 
KS 67209, (316) 946-4700.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn D. Martin, Airports Compliance 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
610C, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329-2644, 
lynn.martin@faa.gov.
    The request to release property may be reviewed, by appointment, in 
person at this same location.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to release approximately 48.24 acres of airport property at the 
Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
47107(h)(2). On July 30, 2012, the City of Wichita's Airport Engineer 
requested from the FAA that approximately 48.24 acres of property be 
released for sale to the City of Wichita. On Nov. 5, 2012, the FAA 
determined that the request to release property at Colonel James Jabara 
Airport (AAO) submitted by the Sponsor meets the procedural 
requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration and the release of 
the property does not and will not impact future aviation needs at the 
airport. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, no 
sooner than thirty days after the publication of this Notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO) is proposing the release of a 
parcel, totaling 48.24 acres. The release of land is necessary to 
comply with Federal Aviation Administration Grant Assurances that do 
not allow federally acquired airport property to be used for non-
aviation purposes. The sale of the subject property will result in the 
land at the Colonel James Jabara Airport (AAO) being changed from 
aeronautical to nonaeronautical use and release the surface lands from 
the conditions of the AIP Grant Agreement Grant Assurances, but 
retaining the mineral rights. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 
47107(c)(2)(B)(i) and (iii), the airport will receive fair market value 
for the property, which will be subsequently reinvested in purchasing 
land adjacent to the Wichita Mid-continent Airport (ICT), which is also 
owned by the City of Wichita, Wichita Airport Authority.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. In 
addition, any person may, upon appointment and request, inspect the 
application, notice and other documents determined by the FAA to be 
related to the application in person at the Colonel James Jabara 
Airport.

    Re-Issued in Kansas City, MO on February 4, 2013.
Jim A. Johnson,
Manager, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-03034 Filed 2-8-13; 8:45 am]
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