Document ID: FAA-2013-0259-3209
Agency: faa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance: Wellington Municipal Airport, Wellington, KS
Posted Date: 2021-11-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 212 (Friday, November 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 61381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24195]

[[Page 61381]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Waiver of Aeronautical Land Use Assurance: Wellington Municipal 
Airport (EGT), Wellington, KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with respect to land use change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering a 
proposal from the City of Wellington, KS, to release a 0.01 acre parcel 
of land from the federal obligation dedicating it to aeronautical use 
and to authorize this parcel to be used for revenue-producing, non-
aeronautical purposes.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 6, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this application may be mailed or delivered to 
the FAA at the following address: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 901 Locust, Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106.
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to: Matt Wiebe, Airport Manager, Wellington 
Municipal Airport, 317 S. Washington, Wellington, KS 67152, (620) 440-
2213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy J. Walter, Airports Land 
Specialist, Federal Aviation Administration, Airports Division, ACE-
620G, 901 Locust Room 364, Kansas City, MO 64106, Telephone number 
(816) 329-2603, Fax number (816) 329-2611, email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA invites public comment on the 
request to change a 0.01 acre parcel of airport property at the 
Wellington Municipal Airport (EGT) from aeronautical use to non-
aeronautical for revenue producing use. This parcel will be leased to a 
GKN Aerospace Precision Machining, a current tenant, to construct a 25 
ft. x 25 ft. storm shelter.
    No airport landside or airside facilities are presently located on 
this parcel, nor are airport developments contemplated in the future. 
There is no current use of the surface of the parcel. The parcel will 
serve as a revenue producing lot with the proposed change from 
aeronautical to non-aeronautical. The request submitted by the Sponsor 
meets the procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation 
Administration and the change to non-aeronautical status of the 
property does not and will not impact future aviation needs at the 
airport. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in part, no 
sooner than thirty days after the publication of this Notice.
    The following is a brief overview of the request:
    The Wellington Municipal Airport (EGT) is proposing the use release 
of a 0.01 acre parcel of land from aeronautical to non-aeronautical. 
The use release of land is necessary to comply with Federal Aviation 
Administration Grant Assurances that do not allow federally acquired 
airport property to be used for non-aviation purposes. The rental of 
the subject property will result in the land at the Wellington 
Municipal Airport (EGT) being changed from aeronautical to non-
aeronautical use and release the lands from the conditions of the 
Airport Improvement Program Grant Agreement Grant Assurances. In 
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47107(c) (2) (B) (i) and (iii), the airport 
will receive fair market rental value for the property. The annual 
income from rent payments will generate a long-term, revenue-producing 
stream that will further the Sponsor's obligation under FAA Grant 
Assurance number 24, to make the Wellington Municipal Airport as 
financially self-sufficient as possible.
    Any person may inspect, by appointment, the request in person at 
the FAA office listed above. In addition, any person may upon request, 
inspect the application, notice and other documents determined by the 
FAA to be related to the application in person at the Wellington 
Municipal Airport.

    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on October 27, 2021.
James A. Johnson,
Director, FAA Central Region, Airports Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-24195 Filed 11-4-21; 8:45 am]
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