Brousseau Appointed to Naples Airport Authority Board

Nov. 29, 2016

The Naples City Council appointed Ted Brousseau to the board of commissioners of the city of Naples Airport Authority. The board includes five citizen volunteers, appointed four-year terms to govern the airport authority.

Brousseau is replacing John Nocera, whose term expired. Other commissioners are Dick Evans, Donna Messer, James Rideoutte and Raymond Stricklen.

He has been a certified private pilot since 1964 and was honored in 2015 by the FAA with its Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, the most prestigious award it offers to certified pilots. A Naples resident since 1971, Brousseau retired in 2006 after serving 27 years as a Collier Circuit judge.

He joined the Experimental Aircraft Association in 1996 and is a past president of Chapter 1067 at Naples Municipal Airport, a position he held for nearly a decade. Still involved, he introduces youngsters to aviation through the EAA’s Young Eagles flight program. Brousseau joined the Civil Air Patrol in 2007 and instructs cadets at its national glider academies.

Naples Municipal Airport offers scheduled commercial service, provided by Elite Airways, and is home to flight schools, air charter operators, car rental agencies, and corporate aviation and nonaviation businesses, as well as fire/rescue services, mosquito control, the Collier County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit and other community services. During the 2015-16 fiscal year, the airport accommodated 95,050 takeoffs and landings.

All funds used for the airport’s operation, maintenance and improvements are generated from activities at the airport or from federal and state grants; the airport receives no property tax dollars. The Florida Department of Transportation values the airport’s annual economic impact to the community at $283.5 million.