Ma kahi neʻe wiwo ʻole e hoʻoulu i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, ua lawe ke kūlanakauhale ʻo McKinney i kēia lā i nā hana ma Collin County Regional Airport. ʻO ka hoʻololiʻana, ua komo pū kekahi McKinney Air Center i ke kūlanakauhale-operated Fixed Base Operator (FBO), e hoʻolako i nā wahie a me nā lawelawe honua no nā mokulele ma ke kahua mokulele.
"He manawa kūpono loa kēia no ke kūlanakauhale e kūkulu ma luna o ke kahua mokulele ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele waiwai no McKinney," wahi a McKinney Mayor Brian Loughmiller. "ʻO kēia kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele nui o ka wahi, a ʻo kā mākou kūpaʻa e kūkulu ma luna o kona kūleʻa e hoʻolilo iā ia i kahua mokulele āpana koho no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mokulele a me ka huakaʻi i North Texas."
E alakaʻi ʻia ka FBO hou e Mark Jaraczewski. Me ka ʻoi aku o 20 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui FBO, lawe mai ʻo Jaraczewski i kahi ʻike hohonu o nā ʻano ʻoihana a hāʻawi i nā ʻike waiwai e pili ana i nā manawa no ka ulu hou a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻoihana. ʻOiai ʻo ka FBO General Manager ma Executive Air ma Green Bay, Wisconsin, ua hiki iā ia ke hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā a hoʻonui i nā lako. ʻO kāna mau hoʻolālā no ke kūʻai ʻana, hoʻolaha a me nā pilina lehulehu i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka #1 East Central FBO, ka #1 STAR FBO a me ka #5 Overall Top US FBO, a ua loaʻa iā ia nā makana he nui o ka Safety First i kāna ʻoihana.
E hāʻawi aku ʻo McKinney Air Center i nā ʻano lawelawe like ʻole me ka 24-hola wahie a me nā lawelawe ramp, ka ʻai ʻana, nā kaʻa hoʻokipa maikaʻi, ka hoʻolālā mokulele a me nā keʻena o ka wā, ka hoʻolimalima kaʻa ma ka pūnaewele, ka lumi hoʻokipa pilikino, lumi moe a me nā ua, a me ka US Customs on - kahua. ʻO ka FAA Control Tower a me kahi keʻena ahi i hoʻolakoʻia me nā mea hoʻopakele hoʻopakele kūikawā a me nā mea puhi ahi i hoʻonaʻauao kūikawāʻia e hāʻawi i ka palekana hou no nā mea hoʻohana mokulele.
"ʻO nā kālā e hele ana i kahi mea kūʻai aku i waho no nā lawelawe FBO me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa ʻana e ka mokulele e manaʻo ʻia e holoi i ka $ 600,000 kālā makahiki i hāʻawi ʻia e ke kūlanakauhale i ke kahua mokulele," wahi a ka Luna Nui ʻo Jason Gray. "He nūhou maikaʻi kēlā no ka poʻe ʻauhau."
"ʻO ke kūʻai ʻana i nā wahie he kumu waiwai nui ma ka mokulele," wahi a Ken Wiegand, ka Luna Hoʻokele o ke kahua mokulele ʻo Collin County. "Ma ka hoʻolako ʻana i kēlā a me nā lawelawe ancillary, e hoʻonui ke kūlanakauhale i ka loaʻa kālā hou e uku ai i ka hōʻaiʻē a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi kālā ʻana i mea e hoʻolilo ai i ke kahua mokulele i ʻīpuka e hiki ai iā mākou ke haʻaheo no ka hoʻowalewale ʻana i nā mokulele a me nā ʻoihana hou i ko mākou kūlanakauhale."
E loaʻa mai ke kumukūʻai kūʻai he $25 miliona mai Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) kālā i ʻaiʻē ʻia i ke kūlanakauhale no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kahua mokulele a ma kahi o $17.25 miliona i loko o nā mea paʻa e hoʻomaha ʻia mai ka loaʻa kālā o ka mokulele. Ua loaʻa i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo McKinney ka helu hoʻopaʻa AAA i kēia makahiki ʻo ia hoʻi, me ka uku pānaʻi haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoiai me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaikaʻi hou ʻana e uhi ʻia nā uku hōʻaiʻē.
"Ma ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i ka mokulele, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi hangar space, wahie a me nā mea hoʻoikaika ʻē aʻe i kahi ala i hiki ʻole ke hoʻokō ʻia ma lalo o ka ʻōnaehana mua," wahi a Jim Wehmeier, Pelekikena a Luna Nui o ka McKinney Economic Development Corporation. "I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā hou aʻe o ka mokulele, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kēlā loaʻa kālā e hana i nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe e hoʻonui ai i ka hopena waiwai o ka mokulele i ko mākou kaiāulu."
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo H. George Schuler i nā hana mokulele ma 1979, i ka wā i wehe ʻia ai ke kahua mokulele ʻo McKinney Municipal. "ʻO mākou nā paionia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Schuler no kēlā mau manawa mua. "Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻohui ka mokulele i kahi 7,000 kapuaʻi, ʻoihana ʻoihana, aia i kēia manawa he hale kiaʻi hoʻokele ea a me ka US Customs."
I kēia lā, ʻo ke kahua mokulele ʻo McKinney kahi mea hoʻokele waiwai nui, e ʻimi ana i nā hui e like me Texas Instruments, Electronic Data Systems (ʻo HP kēia manawa) a me Torchmark.
"Ke manaʻo nei au ua hāʻawi nui wau i ka ulu ʻana i kēia kahua mokulele, kahi i noho ai noʻu a me koʻu ʻohana i kēia mau makahiki he 35 i hala," wahi a Schuler. "ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻohuli ai i ka ʻāʻī, a ke manaʻo nei au he wā e hiki mai ana."
ʻO McKinney, Texas, ʻokoʻa ma ke ʻano. ʻOiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale e ulu wikiwiki ana ma US, aia ʻo McKinney i kēia manawa ma mua o 142,000. Hoʻohui ʻia i ka makahiki 1848, aia ke kūlanakauhale he 30 mau mile ma ka ʻākau o Dallas a ʻo ia ka noho kalana o Collin County. Hāʻawi ʻo McKinney i nā puʻu ʻolokaʻa, nā kumu lāʻau lush, kahi pā kaulana o ke kaona a me nā kaiāulu kūʻokoʻa a me nā hoʻomohala. Aia ke kūlanakauhale i ka helu 2 ma ka papa inoa ʻo Money Magazine Best Places to Live in America. E kipa i ka punaewele o ke kūlanakauhale ma www.mckinneytexas.org.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “Funds that were going to an outside vendor for FBO services in addition to the revenues to be generated by the airport are projected to erase the current $600,000 yearly subsidy the city has provided to the airport,”.
- “By providing that and ancillary services, the city will generate additional income that will pay debt and fund improvements to make the airport a gateway we can be proud of to lure additional corporate aircraft and business to our city.
- “This is already one of the area’s premier general aviation airports, and our commitment is to build on its success to make it the regional airport of choice for basing aircraft and traveling to North Texas.
