[Winona] Max Conrad Field

[Marvin Seppanen]

Yes Max Conrad is a good thing for the very limit few that use it, but is it
a good thing for land-locked Winona? The airport is prime potential site for
industrial development. The airport will never again support commercial air
service. Would it pay to have TSA service for the handful on customers that
might use the airport? Compare the actual travel time from the Winona
Holiday Inn to either the LaCrosse airport or Max Conrad field. At most one
stop light to LaCrosse but how many to Max Conrad?
With reasonable air service less than 30 miles away at LSE, 50 miles away at
RST, and 110 miles away at MSP we can't reasonably expect any bankrupt or
nearly bankrupt airline to even consider Winona.
Does any current or potential Winona business really rely on Max Conrad?
Both LSE & RST have far superior air traffic control & RST has international
customs. In bad weather, what commercial pilot would choose Max Conrad over
LSE?
The City of Winona has valuable asset currently being marginally used as an
airport. I think there are better uses for that land!

Marvin Seppanen

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From: winona-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:winona-bounces at mnforum.org] On
Behalf Of Bothuns
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 6:41 PM
To: Bob Sebo
Cc: Democracy Online
Subject: Re: [Winona] Max Conrad Field

[Winona Online Democracy]

Yes Yes.  Protect Max Conrad.    The comfort of taking off and landing in 
the realtive calm of our little airport nestled between the bluffs might be 
hard to imagine but the thought of coming and going in the winds on the top 
of the bluff just scares the wonderlust right out of me.

We've got a good thing down there.  Let's not mess with it.

Bryon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Sebo" <bobsebo at hbci.com>
To: "Paul Double" <pdouble at hbci.com>; "Online Democracy" 
<winona at mnforum.org>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 3:17 PM
Subject: [Winona] Max Conrad Field


> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> Okay I guess I have to shut up now as this is my second post for the day.
>
> I don't think we want to mess with the airport.  If we put in some
> infrastructure improvements (which I believe the FAA would fund to the 
> tune
> of 90%) we could resume commercial traffic out there.
>
> Let's leave it alone.
>
> Bob Sebo
> Winona
>
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