& Memorandum 

U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

Subject: Payout procedures as a result of the temporary closure of Date: July 12, 2010 

L.M. Clayton Airport (Wolf Point, Montana) 

(DQC^cet DOT-OST-1997-2605) 

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From: t)ennis J. DcVaity, Chief O Reply to Brian Swanson, X-53 

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To: Gregory Frazier, Resource Directorate, S-3.6 

L.M. Clayton (OLF) Airport 

The L.M. Clayton Airport (Wolf Point, Montana) provided notice to Great Lakes that they 

would be closed for runway rehabilitation during the upcoming summer season. Specifically, 

OLF will be closed from July 5, 2010, through November 2, 2010. Great Lakes currently 

provides subsidized EAS at Wolf Point for a rate of $760.70 per arrival/departure. 

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

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

control and there are only minimal cost savings to the carriers while they lose all of the 

revenue. The carriers would only save on fuel and a portion of maintenance because they 

would not be able to turn back aircraft or lay-off personnel. Consistent with this precedent, we 

ask you to compensate Great Lakes for flights it will not operate during the airport closure 

periods noted above. 

So that you will know whether a cancellation was related to the airport's being closed, we have 

instructed Great Lakes to indicate "Airport Closed" on its monthly subsidy billing for the 

flights that it could not operate due to runway rehabilitation at OLF, and have informed them 

that they will be fully compensated for the cancellations during the time period noted above. 

cc: Mr. Michael O. Matthews, Great Lakes Airlines 

Mr. Rick Isle, City of Wolf Point 
NOTICE OF PRECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE 

FOR 

AIRPORT PAVEMENT REHABILITATION 

AlP PROJECT NO. 3-30-0086-007-2008 

& NO. 3-30-0086-008-2010 

L.M. CLAYTON AIRPORT 

WOLF POINT, MONTANA 

S08-00-087 & S10-00-047 

Held at: 1:00 PM (MI), Wednesday, June 23, 2010 

Wolf Point City Hall 

201 4th Ave. S. 

Wolf Point, Montana 

Notice Sent by: Steve Aldinger, Sr. Project Engineer 

Note: The L.M. Clayton Airport will be closed to all air traffic from 

July 5, 2010 to November 2, 2010 

Questions should be directed to Steve Aldinger. 

Dallas Aero 

PC Box 128 

Poplar, M l 59255-0128 

Kendall Johnson 

7050 Mt. Hwy 25 

Wolf Point, MT 59201 

Rick Isle 

City of Wolf Point 

201 4**^ Avenue South 

Wolf Point, MT 59201 

Brian Poykko, PE 

Obermiller Nelson Engineering 

311 4*^ Street South, Suite 110 

Grand Forks, ND 58201 

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Wayne Nicholas 

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Wolf Point, MT 59201-0932 

Gary Gates 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Helena Airports District Office 

FAA Building, Suite 2 

2725 Skyway Drive 

Helena, MT 59602-1213 

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