Earl Malpass
38:44 - 39:17
"Merrill Field, it's been here since 1930, obviously, and we've had the space for the, the fixed-wing parked aircraft. We're at near capacity right now."
“Merrill Field, it's been here since 1930, obviously, and we've had the space for the, the fixed-wing parked aircraft. We're at near capacity right now.”
- Speaker
- Earl Malpass
- Timestamp
- 38:44 – 39:17
- Transcript
- Anchorage Assembly: Energy, Enterprise, & Utilities Oversight Committee-of-the-Whole Committee
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- October 15, 2026
From the transcript
There's a 12-year, last I heard, 12-year waiting period for spots there at Lake Hood. Merrill Field, it's been here since 1930, obviously, and we've had the space for the, the fixed-wing parked aircraft. We're at near capacity right now. We started tracking a couple years ago the— how many tie-downs are in each apron area and how many are occupied and leased year-round and what the, the unfilled or the empty slots are. So we've been tracking that here recently.
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