[Winona] Max Conrad Field

Mon May 1 13:21:47 CDT 2006

It really dosen't matter Leave the Airport Alone   Bob K
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Peterson" <duanep at hbci.com>
To: "Keith Nelson" <knelson at cityhall.luminet.net>; <seppanen at hbci.com>
Cc: "Democracy Online" <winona at mnforum.org>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Winona] Max Conrad Field


> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> Just a slight correction.  runway 29-11 is a mile long.  The N-S runway is 
> shorter, but I do not know the actual length.  I would hazard a guess at 
> about 2/3 of a mile.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Nelson" <knelson at cityhall.luminet.net>
> To: <seppanen at hbci.com>
> Cc: "Democracy Online" <winona at mnforum.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 10:04 AM
> Subject: RE: [Winona] Max Conrad Field
>
>
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> Marv,
> Yes several local industries make significant use of the local
> airport and that use is growing.  As the time of employees and cost of
> immediate deliveries becomes increasingly valuable, the airport use will
> only become more essential to their growth or even just remaining in
> Winona.  A well maintained airport is essential to the health of a
> community.
> It has been discussed, to move the airport out of the River
> valley to the flat land above and using the airport as industrial land,
> but it has always come back as being more cost effective to locate new
> industrial area closer to I90 and leave the airport where it is.
> Industrial land will not take as large of a contiguous flat area as does
> the mile long runways nearly perpendicular to each other.
>
> Keith Nelson
> Assistant City Manager for Public Works
> City of Winona
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: winona-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:winona-bounces at mnforum.org] On
> Behalf Of Marvin Seppanen
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 9:40 AM
> To: 'Bothuns'; 'Bob Sebo'
> Cc: 'Democracy Online'
> Subject: RE: [Winona] Max Conrad Field
>
> [Winona Online Democracy]
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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