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Subject: Payout Procedures for Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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From~is J. Delany, Chief 7

EAS and Domestic Analysis, X-53

To: Gregory Frazier, S-3.6

Reference: Orders 2011-12-6 and 2012-11-25

Memorandum

Date: August 15, 2013

OAA Memo NO.2012-67

Kevin Adams, X-53

Ext. 61047

Airport Closing

The Devils Lake airport has indicated (see attachment) that the airport was closed from

August 12 through August 14,2013.

It has been our policy, on a case-by-case basis, to pay carriers their usual subsidy rate

when airports have been closed on the grounds that circumstances are beyond the carriers'

control and that onlyminimal cost savings are available to the carriers while they would

lose all of the revenue. (The carriers would only save on fuel and a portion of

maintenance because they would be unable to tum back aircraft or layoff personnel.)

Consistent with that precedent, we ask you to compensate Great Lakes for nights that it

could not operate, from August II through August 14, where Great Lakes states on its

billings form that the flight was cancelled because of airport closure.

By this memo we are also directing Great Lakes to indicate "Airport Closure" on the

monthly subsidy billings it files with you for flights that cannot be completed for that

reason.

Thank you,

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Dennis DeVany,

Chief, EAS and Domestic Analysis

cc:

John Nord, Devils Lake

Doug Voss, Great Lakes

Chuck Howell, Great Lakes
Adams. Kevin (OST)

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Kevin,

John Nord < manager@devilslakeairport.com>

Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:34 AM

Adams, Kevin (05T)

RE:Airport Closure of Devils Lake

The DVL airport AW05 was relocated this week as a part of the construction project at the airport. The FAA put out a

NOTAM stating the AW05 was nonfunctional at 7:00AM Monday August 12th and was operational again at 1:00 PM on

Wednesday August 14th GLA missed two flights on Monday, 3 three flights on Tuesday, and two flights on Wednesday

due to the AW05 being out of service. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thank

JOHN

John M. Nord

Airport Manager

Devils Lake Regional Airport

106 National Guard St. NW .

Devils Lake, ND 58301

Tel: 701-662-5833

Fax: 701-662-5133

From: Kevin.Adams@dot.gov [mailto:Kevin.Adams@dot.gov]

Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 7:58 AM

To: Manager@DeviisLakeAiroort.Com

Subject: Airport Closure of Devils Lake

Hi John,

GLA indicated your airport will be closed from August 11 thru August 14, 2013. Could you confirm that information to

me in an email?

Thanks!

Kevin

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Adams. Kevin (OSn

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Jennifer Seale <jseale@f1ygreatlakes.com>

Thursday, August 15, 2013 11:16 AM

Adams, Kevin (OsT)

RE:Airport Closure of Devils Lake

I reviewed my reports. John is correct; the dates are in fact August 12 through August 14.

Thank you,

Jennifer Seale

jsea le@flygreatlakes.com

(307) 432-7057 Phone

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From: Kevin.Adams@dot.gov [mailto:Kevin,Adams@dot.gov]

Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 8:45 AM

To: jseale@flygreatlakes.com

Cc: Manager@DeviisLakeAiroort.com

Subject: FW: Airport Closure of Devils Lake

Jennifer,

I read Johns email to say the airport was closed from the 12'" to the 14th I had understood GLA could not operate there

from the 11th to the 14th This is a billings issue, and I'm drafting a memo, so I need to be very precise as to when GLA

would be allowed to bill without actually completing a flight.

Thanks!

KA

From: John Nord [mailto:manager@devilslakeairoort.com]

Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:34 AM

To: Adams, Kevin (OST)

Subject: RE: Airport Closure of Devils Lake

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