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The City of Auburn announces the return of Airport Appreciation Day on Saturday, July 9th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Auburn Municipal Airport located at 2143 E St. NE in Auburn, Wash.
Free airplane rides for children ages 8 – 17 will be provided by local pilots through the EAA Young Eagles Program. Food trucks, vendor tents, static aircraft displays, a bouncy house, face-painting, balloon-shaping and a photo booth will also be attractions at the event.
“Auburn Airport Days is an annual community event that we are excited to be bringing back to Auburn after a two-year hiatus,” said Auburn Airport Manager Tim Mensonides. “We love the opportunity to encourage the love of aviation, in younger kids, especially. Pretty much every pilot remembers their first time seeing a plane and knowing that’s what they wanted to do. Being able to be part of that is an honor,” he said.
Additional activities will include helicopter rides offered for a fee from Classic Helicopters and Spanaflight flight school is offering discovery flights free of charge that day.
The Valley Regional Fire Authority and the Auburn Police Department will be on site with some of their respective vehicles.
For more information regarding Auburn Airport Day or to register for Young Eagles flights, please visit the airport’s website or call 253-333-6821.
ABOUT THE AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DICK SCOBEE FIELD)
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The City of Auburn founded the Airport in 1969. It is a division within the Public Works Department, is operated by 3 full-time City staff and is supported by other City of Auburn departments. The Airport is guided by seven volunteers on the Airport Advisory Board who advise the City Council regarding operations, master planning, facilities improvements, leasing, rental fees, and other aviation concerns. |
The airport is comprised of 110 acres. This includes 1,330,436 total square feet of pavement which is maintained by staff. This paved area equates to 23 NFL Football fields or 283 NBA Basketball courts or 98 Olympic size swimming pools.
The Airport has 254 hangar units (145 are city owned), and 140 tie downs.
The Auburn Municipal Airport is self-sufficient, and receives zero tax revenue from the community. Approximately 60% of Airport revenue comes from hangar and tie downs, 30% from land/building leases (14 total), 10% from fuel sales and miscellaneous. 2022 Projected Airport Revenue is $1.5 million with operating expenditures of $1.1 million.
According to the 2019 WSDOT Aviation Economic Impact Study, the Auburn Airport creates 232 jobs and has an economic impact of $43.1 million.
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