AK: State Considers a Sponsor for Birchwood Airport

Nov. 7, 2017

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska's Department of Transportation & Public Facilities is in discussions about obtaining a sponsor for the Birchwood Airport.

DOT Spokesperson Shannon McCarthy says the state is in "preliminary" talks with Eklutna Inc. over the move, which would need to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration.

"It's just about asking the questions of is it possible to become an airport sponsor," McCarthy said. "We're of course open to this discussion-- any of our airports entity, a nonprofit entity, or government could ask to be an airport sponsor and that's what we're chatting with them about right now."

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