DuBois & King’s aviation engineers support municipal, state, and private general aviation and commercial airports. D&K planners and engineers include FAA-certificated private and commercial pilots who have thorough knowledge of regulations and strong working relationships with FAA staff. We support the preparation of grant applications, and our team’s experience and connections result in successful project…
Used for aircraft access from the tarmac, the existing seven hangar doors were original to the facility (circa 2003), no longer operated efficiently, had tears in the door fabric assemblies, and were troublesome to repair, as the manufacturer was located in Finland. The doors were 33 ft high and ranged in width from 60 ft…
To serve existing users and a projected increase in operations, the Machias Valley Airport needed to upgrade its fuel farm. Under an on-call contract for airport engineering, D&K worked with the airport to design and support the construction of an AVGAS/100LL fuel farm, including a supplemental survey, structural considerations for a concrete slab to support…
Under a multi-year contract and an expedited schedule, DuBois & King provided guidance on planning, technical, environmental, and regulatory issues. Projects under this contract included a Capital Improvement Plan update, technical master plan update, runway extension, hangar area development, terminal apron expansion, Environmental Assessment, construction of a full parallel taxiway, snow removal equipment acquisition, a…
Since 2018, DuBois & King has provided planning, design, and construction phase services for projects at LRU. Projects have focused on adding and upgrading commercial service, reconstructing runways, improving taxiways, enhancing terminal and landside elements, and conducting improvements that aim to reduce maintenance needs, facilitate enplanements, reduce operating costs, and improve safety.
Located near Moosehead Lake, 3B1 is served by a 4,000-ft-by-75-ft runway and a 3,001-ft-by-75-ft crosswind runway, hangars, tie-downs, a fuel farm, and a terminal. Since 2017, D&K’s aviation planners and engineers have served as the lead consultant team at the airport. Recent projects have focused on the addition of taxiways, general enhancements to the terminal…
DuBois & King has served as MVM’s planning and engineering consultant since 2020. In this time, our team has worked closely with the airport and the FAA to update the airport’s master plan and provide planning, design, and construction phase services for a new fuel farm and taxiway. The State of Maine identified the Machias…
Located within 25 miles of Boston, the Norwood Memorial Airport is a general aviation airport and a reliever airport for Boston-Logan, with a considerable amount of helicopter traffic. One of the airport’s challenges is that it is situated within an Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and within a 100-year flood plain, surrounded by wetlands,…
As the airport engineer at PYM for about 40 years, D&K continues to provide planning, design, and construction phase services for a range of airport projects. Projects have included taxiway and ramp reconstruction, runway extensions, utility improvements, fuel farm improvements, cost estimating, FAA coordination, grant application preparation, lighting addition and conversion, planning, security, and environmental…