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# 0 Memorandum
U.S.Department

## Of Transportation OfficeoftheSecretary ofTransportatiOn 

### Payoutprocedures as aresult ofthe temporary closure of Lewistown MunicipalAirport (Lewistown, Montana)

# ;eJ;:OST-172~ Dennis J. De

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### Domestic Analysis, X-53 Date: 

### October5, 2011
OAAMemoNo. 2011-53 Reply to 

### Brian Swanson, X-53 Attn. of: 

### Ext. 65392

To: 

### Gregory Frazier, ResourceDirectorate, S-3.6
Lewistown Municipal Airport (LWT) 

### TheLewistown Municipal Airport (Lewistown, Montana) providednoticeto Gulfstreamthat it would close its mainrunway for grooving at approximately9:00amthough 6:30pm, from October 10,2011, through October 14,2011. Gulfstreamcurrentlyprovides subsidizedEAS at Lewistownfor a rate of$1,094.74 perarrival/departure. It

### has beenourpolicy, on a case-by-casebasis, to payEAS carriers their usual subsidyrate when airports havebeen closed onthe grounds thatthe circumstances arebeyond thecarriers' control and there are only minimal cost savings to the carriers while they lose all ofthe revenue. The carriers would only save onfuel and aportion ofmaintenance becausethey would notbeable to tumbackaircraft or lay-offpersonnel. Consistent withthis precedent, we askyou to compensate Gulfstream for two more flights each day than it actually operated, betweenOctober 10 and 14, during the upcoming runway groovingproject. Attachment

cc: ML Mickey Bowman, Gulfstream Mr. Jerry Moline, Lewistown Municipal Airport

### Swanson, Brian (OSTI From: Devany, Dennis (OST) Sent: To: Subject: Sunday, September 04, 2011 9:21 AM Swanson, Brian (OST); Frazier, Gregory (OST) FW: LWT runway OCT grooving

From: Jerry Moline [mailto:lwt@midrivers.com] 

### Sent: Sat 9/3/2011 2:46 PM To: Devany, Dennis 

### (OST) 

### Subject: FW: LWT runway 

### OCT grooving

From: Nigel Davis [mailto:ndavis@m-m.net] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:25PM To: lwt@midrivers.com 

### Subject: FW: LWT runway 

### OCT grooving Jerry,
can you forward this to Dennis for me. Thanks! Nigel

From: Mickey Bowman [mbowman@gulfstreamair.com] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 2:04 PM To: Nigel Davis 

### Cc: 'Phil LeFevre'; 'darmbr@gulfstreamair.com'; 'David Querio'; 'Michael Ritchey'; 'Michelle Adkins' 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway 

### OCT grooving Nigel, 

### Iwill need another letter or note from Jerry to Dennis DeVany at the DOT notifying him of this plan to assure we are still able to receive our subsidyfor that period. 

### I can't seem to locate my email address for him but if you could forward 

### Iwould really appreciate it. MB

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### From: Nigel Davis [mailto:ndavis@m-m.net] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 3:50PM 

### To: Mickey Bowman 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway OCT grooving Hi Mickey, for now, could you plan to discontinue the 2 day flights in and out of Lewistown on the dates noted below. The morning flight can come and go, then the evening flight can come and go. We can work from 9:10am to 6:15pm to getthe project done. This will occur from October 10 through 14. 

### Ifanything changes between now and next Wednesday, I will let you know ASAP. Thanks again, Nigel


### From: Mickey Bowman [mbowman@gulfstreamair.com] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 10:12 AM 

### To: Nigel Davis 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway OCT grooving When will you know, absolutely, that October 10 will be the start date? 

### I have to file schedule change and get DOT to buy off and the October schedule is due to our Crew Planning Department by nextWednesday, Sep

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From: Nigel Davis [mailto:ndavis@m-m.net] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 201111:57 AM 

### To: Mickey Bowman 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway OCT grooving weather permitting, 5 days.


### From: Mickey Bowman [mbowman@gulfstreamair.com] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 9:44AM 

### To: Nigel Davis Cc: 'Phil LeFevre'; 'darmbr@gulfstreamair.com' 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway OCT grooving How manydays would this process entail?

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### From: Nigel Davis [mailto:ndavis@m-m.net] 

### Sent: Friday, September 02, 201110:52 AM 

### To: Mickey Bowman 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway OCT grooving Hi Mickey, good to hear from you; 

### I do have to groove the runway this fall, give you guys some safe braking action! The plan thus far is begin grooving on Monday October 10 (just discussed this Tuesday this week). 

### It is possible to pull back the grooving equipment between flights, however, 

### I would feel much more comfortable having a closed runway between your existing morning and evening flight, especially with some ofthe trouble we had with our recent phased construction (none from you guys at all, your team new what was going on). 

### I would hope that we could generate some good publicity with Fred so passengers were fully aware thatthis is not a Gulfstream issue and is strictly a runway construction and safety issue. Let me know whatyou think. Nigel


### Nigel Davis SeniorAirport Engineer 

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### From: Mickey Bowman [mbowman@gulfstreamair.com] 

### Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:32AM 

### To: Nigel Davis 

### Subject: FW: LWT runway OCT grooving Nigel, Can you confirm that we are looking at yet another outage on our usable runway in October?? We are desperatelytrying to rebuild ridership and save the city's EAS status going forward and these disruptions are devastating. Is there some reason the work can no be done around our operating schedule? 

### MB
From: Fred Lark**[mailto:~ark@larkunlimited.com]** 

### Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:16AM 

### To: 'Mickey Bowman' 3

### Cc: lark@kxlo-klcm.com 

### Subject: RE: LWT runway 

### OCTgrooving 

## HI De Ho Mickey..... Yes, I suggest you contact Jerry Moline or Nigel Davis(consultant engineer)....the runway project was a huge success buttttt the downtime is a real problem.... Let's visit soon on how this should be handled via advertising and community news/information. Thanks.... FL© From: Mickey Bowman [mailto:mbowman@gulfstreamair.com] 

### Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:08PM 

### To: lark@larkunlimited.com 

### Subject: Fw: LWT runway 

### OCTgrooving 

### Fred, Now I'mhearing about anotherpotential closure in Octjust as we are teying to recover from August! -----Original Message----- From: "MichelleAdkins" <madkins@gulfstreamair.com> To: "Phil LeFevre" <plefev@gulfstreamair.com>, "Mickey Bowman" <mbowman@gulfstreamair.com>, "Michael Ritchey" <mritch@gulfstreamair.com> Date: 8/30/2011 5:05:01 PM Subject: Re: LWTrunway OCTgrooving Hello Gentleman, One ofthe men in charge ofthe runway construction said today, that during the grooving in October, they will need to work during the day hours. He said that we will probably have to cancel the afternoon flights for 5 days. The first am and the last pm flights would be ok to operate. (This was all told to me by Kurt Erlandson, LWT Airport employee) I just wanted to give you a heads up. Ofcourse, no one has specific dates or hours yet.

MichelleAdkins 1 LWT Station Manager 1VPAA Co. dba/Gulfstream International Alnines Email: madkjos@gulfstreamajr.com Tel: 406-708-4154 I Fax: 406-535-6460 ICell: 406-366-3088 

### -----Original Message----- From: "Michelle Adkins" <madkins@gulfstreamair.com> 4

### To: "Phil LeFevre" <plefev@gulfstreamair.com>,"MickeyBowman" <mbowman@gulfstreamair.com>,"Michael Ritchey" <rnritch@gulfstreamair.com> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 201114:19:18-0400 Subject: LWTnmway OCT grooving Hello, I'm not sure who to inform ofthis, so I figured I would just let all ofyou know
... Jerry Moline justtold me that they will be grooving the new LWT runway sometime in mid October. This operation should take about a week (weather permitting). He is suppose to let me know more as soon as they figure out a date. The new oil on the runway should 

### be ready to "saw" through in 60 days. The current runway construction is going as scheduled and normal operations should continue as planned on August 30th. Thanks,

Michelle Adkins I LWTStation Manager 1VPAA Co. dba/Gulfstream International Airlines Email: madkins@gulfstreamair.com Tel: 406·708-4154 I Fax: 406-535-6460 I Cell: 406-366-3088
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