The Naples Airport Authority Noise Compatibility Committee elected Bruce Byerly chair and John Mastrocinque vice chair for the coming fiscal year. The committee helps monitor the impact of aircraft noise and makes recommendations about noise-mitigation procedures for consideration by the City of Naples Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.
Byerly, who has served on the NCC since 2015, is president of Byerly Aviation Inc. in Naples and Peoria, Ill. He holds a degree in economics from Vanderbilt University and a current FAA Airline Transport Certificate with jet and helicopter ratings. He has logged more than 10,000 flying hours during the past 30 years without an incident or violation. A Naples resident since 2007, he is a member of the Naples Pilots Association and Naples Velo Cycling Club, and volunteers his venue for charitable fundraisers.
Appointed to the NCC in 2016, Mastrocinque has 35 years of experience in aviation as maintenance technician, pilot and manager. Before joining Hertz in 2012, he held positions in the corporate flight departments of IBM, The Home Depot and Xerox. A graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Mastrocinque maintains an airframe and power plant license and nine certificates for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. He has been a Naples resident since 2013.
The nine-member committee serves as volunteer representatives of the Collier County Commission, Naples City Council, general aviation pilots and six geographic areas surrounding the airport. In addition to Byerly and Mastrocinque, the committee includes City Council Member Doug Finlay, Ernest Linneman, Justin Lobb, Cliff Holland, Robert Metzler, Gary Revall and Russell Tuff.
Naples Municipal Airport 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 2016-17 fiscal year, the airport accommodated 95,018 takeoffs and landings.
All funds used for the airport’s operation, maintenance and improvements are generated from activities at the airport or federal and state grants from aviation-related user fees; 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.
