2022 Minnesota Airports Conference

About the Event

We enjoyed reconnecting with Minnesota’s aviation community in person at the 2022 conference!

Highlights from the event included:

• An attendee welcome gathering
• A keynote presentation by Dr. Mark Warner, a professor of anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic and an avid historian on the Mayo brothers
• General sessions on topics including AIP funding and the state grant process, airport electrical compliance, attracting the next generation of workers, aviation in a post-pandemic world, and more
• Concurrent sessions exploring airport construction, hangar development, pavement best practices, and airport geometry justification
• An awards and recognition program
• An exhibit hall featuring innovative products and services
• The Minnesota Council of Airports annual meeting

Conference Presentations

Rochester, Minnesota: Mayo Clinic, A Corn Cob Water Tower, and A Remarkable Impact on Medical and Military Aviation

• Dr. Mark Warner, Mayo Clinic (PDF)

Agency Updates

• Lindsay Butler-Terry, FAA (PDF)
• Rebecca MacPherson, FAA (PDF)
• Ryan Gaug, MnDOT Aeronautics (PDF)

MN State Aviation System Plan (MnSASP)

• Rylan Juran, MnDOT Aeronautics (PDF)

Airport Electrical Compliance—What is Expected?

• Casey Carlson, MnDOT, and Ben Melin, Neo Electrical Solutions (PDF)

Don’t Get Blown Away—Strategies to Protect Airport Construction Sites from Jet Blast and Prop Wash

• Dan Sherer, TKDA (PDF)

Hangar Development

• Melissa Underwood, Adinda Van Espen, and Ariel Christenson, SEH Inc.

Concrete & Asphalt Best Practices

• Jeff Sheehan, Fahrner Asphalt (PDF)
• Gary Mitchell, APCA (PDF)

Existing Airport Geometry Justification

• Kaci Nowicki and Shawn McMahon, SEH Inc. (PDF)

Attracting the Next Generation

• Stephanie Ward, Mead & Hunt (PDF)

So Much Money, So Little Time: AIP Funding, BIL Funding, and the State Grant Process

• Lindsay Butler-Terry, FAA (PDF)

Aviation in a Post-Pandemic World

• Jim Thomson, HDR (PDF)

Metropolitan Airport Commission

• Brian Ryks, MAC (PDF)

More Information

For more information, please contact Katherine Stanley at [email protected] or 612-626-1023.

Sponsors

The conference was sponsored by the Minnesota Council of Airports and the Minnesota Department of Transportation and facilitated by the Airport Technical Assistance Program (AirTAP).