A crane from Acorn Crane Service lifted a 85 foot long passenger bridge into place at the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport terminal Thursday.
The 40,000 pound unit will connect to aircraft keeping the passengers out of the weather as they board and deplane at the newly remodeled facility.
The new sky bridge is the part of the 7.4 million dollar renovation project.
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Sad that it is going to see even less traffic that the Paul Bunyan trail bridge in west Brainerd. Tell me again how much of my tax money went into these 2 projects. I see my taxes went up another hundred bucks even before 181 gets their hands on me.
another bridge to no where
when I taxi up in my cessina will they roll it out? Who are they kidding- what type aircraft are comming in to the airport.
KBRD and city growth
To answer your question, Brainerd currently is serviced by a CRJ200 Regional Jet aircraft for airline service.
General aviation only accounts for approximately 60% of all operations at the airport.
No, they will not roll out the jet bridge for your Cessna. General aviation aircraft are serviced by a separate FBO facility on the field.
Much of the money received for these projects comes from a surcharge placed on airline tickets that goes into the AIP fund for airports in the NPIAS system—including the Brainerd Airport.
Brainerd is a small airport; but it is a small city. Surprisingly it still had 16,404 enplaned passengers in 2010, a 6.02% increase from the previous calendar year. This is high performance for the small population of the area.
It comes down to the question, do you want to see your city grow or shrink.
All of this information is easily available free online through the Federal Aviation Administration. I do not work for the airport, I am just a citizen who is informed.
boondoogles
the trail bridge was 1.1 million.(i have still NEVER seen anyone on it),the 7.5 million airport "improvement" for planes that won't be here! oh,it's free federal money-who cares!
All the mager airlines are
All the mager airlines are cuttting service to all the small airports. Am going to start bying grayhound stock that is the only way you are going to publicly travel to get some were
moonhawk
Those totals are obscene. Was there a bidding process? I hope someone local got the project and not an out of state company.
Improvements are always good.
shepstan, If only you could spell.... Mager (major) Buy all the grayhound (Greyhound) stock you want. And see how fast you get there via Greyhound.
Bridges
Cyclerod, as mnman said, the vast majority of money for these projects comes out the taxes on airline tickets. Kind of ingenious really, charging people who use the facilities to upgrade them. You go right ahead and keep spreading uninformed opinions though, that way we can just shut everything down and nothing will ever be improved...unless you use it of course, then I'm sure you are all for improving those services. Like everything, keep it up, or watch the services go away.
moonhawk - maybe you should drive by the Paul Bunyan Trail bridge periodically and pay attention when you do, I drive by it on average once a week and have seen numerous people using it and yes I assume that if people aren't actually on it, but immediately adjacent to it, they have just used it or are about to use it.
trail
I rollerbladed over the bridge many times this summer.I often passed others using the bridge.
Matador
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the "services" going away as it is? Supposedly the only airline interested in servicing Brainerd will be using planes that can't even use the jetway. By "vast majority of the money" do you mean 10 or 20 percent? No matter how you slice it the airport project is a big steamy pile of waste. P.S. To the other poster----you couldn't take Greyhound out of Brainerd even if you wanted to------they stopped service to Brainerd years ago.
w0w the stupid spending just
w0w the stupid spending just keeps r0lling in 0le Brainerd, glad my pr0perty taxes still keep climbing 0ut 0f c0ntrl s0 that pe0ple can just spend it f00lishly. What a freekn j0ke this c0untry is bec0ming, this c0untry can n0t and will n0t exist in 10 years if this keeps g0ing.
infrastructure for the future
Yeh, let's not plan ahead for any growth.....maybe we could go back to horse & buggy days?
Question - can handicapped people use the present system? going out on the field and walking up steps?
The bridge: the future is good for areas with a trail system. One of my kids just rented a place based on
there being a trail system just out of her door. Healthy people look for trails in areas they want to live.
But nevermind -- we can't have any progress in this area. We need to go back to the 50's.
Actually, Minnesnowda, then
Actually, Minnesnowda, then 1950's had some things going for them. When planners did their thing, there was still an antiquated notion about sidewalks and boulevards prevailing in cities.
The modern thinking is that we all exist in islands of "me-space" with as little interaction with other citizens as possible. When we need to go from place to place, we take that idea with us in the car.
Ever stop to think why conservatives are so afraid of ideas like Global Warming? Why they attack the messenger before the message? It poses a threat to their sense of well-being to consider that they may have to actually participate in civilization for their very survival at some point. For them the world is a hostile place because they expect it, maybe even crave it and work to create that condition.
Scriptures tell us that the meek will inherit the earth. Think on that for a moment.
The Bible
also mentions hypocrites and they aint inheriting the earth. People also have the right to not hang out with them and will probly survive very well not having them hanging on their backs begging for a free ride. You sur paint people with a wide brush there eywolf.
Service and Funding for KBRD
Brainerd is an EAS Airport, federally determined as a important piece of the national infrastructure, and still federally regulated to maintain air service. This means that federal law must be changed for airlines to leave Brainerd.
The smallest part 121 commuter airline in the Midwest still uses aircraft that can utilize a jet bridge and supporting facilities.
In regards to where the money comes from, It comes in the form of AIP grants-- AIP money comes from ticket surcharges-- Not your taxes.
In FY2010 Brainerd was issued $7,230,326 for Terminal expansion and rehabilitation, and $1,417,146 for the extension of runway 16/34 and supporting taxiways.
This is not the place to complain about your property taxes, the money did not come from there, if you do not fly, you didn't put any money into this project.
Again, all of this information is publicly available to you through the Federal Aviation Administration.
so, I don't fly
and not a dime of the Federal Taxes I paid went into this project just where did they come from? A jenie bottle? i ain't in the 48% that don't pay pal.
Good evening, Jomammy
Yes, The Bible also mentions hypocrites
and they aint inheriting the earth.
And you would know this how?
People also have the right to not hang out with them
are you saying that civilization is divided up into "people" and "them"?
and will probly survive very well not having them hanging on their backs begging for a free ride.
1) still on the "them" thing, eh?
2) wait a minute...does "their" equate with "them"? who are we really talking about?
3) Are hypocracy and the inability to care for ones self synonyms?
4) figured you wouldn't know about the rapture or the millenium. Or much of any other Christian dogma
You sur paint people with a wide brush there eywolf.
I guess I'll overlook your inability to spell my middle name since you cant spell anything else, either. As to the broad brush thing: "if the shoe fits..."
Wow
the word pious comes to mind but only in the pretending sort of way. Someone on here sets themself way too far above the rest of us to be a real believer. It's OK tho, the bigger the brush the more paint you splash on your ownself.
i wondered where this came from:
1) still on the "them" thing, eh?
Then today i found out he stole it from Ed Schultz's brainlesswashing show. shoulda known he couldn't get an origional insult of his own.