SAJ: Skybrief

SAJ Celebrates 5 Years – To Refocus Magazine
The State Aviation Journal celebrated its 5th year anniversary in November and will take this occasion to refocus the direction of the online magazine in the coming year. “When we first started publishing the magazine, we tried to focus on a different state aviation program in each issue,” said Kim Stevens, founder and publisher. “The last couple of years we drifted off the beam a bit and found ourselves dancing all over the industry with our coverage.” The plan going forward is to dedicate a major portion of each issue to a different state aviation office – highlighting the people and programs. “There’s plenty of great news there,” said Stevens. “That’s been our niche and no one else is doing it.” The magazine will continue to be published quarterly and will continue to include the popular edition that focuses entirely on the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) Annual Meeting and Trade Show each Fall. The weekly Skybrief will continue to cover a broader spectrum of the aviation industry, but Stevens hinted that there may be some redesign in the works there as well.

NORTH DAKOTA AIRPORTS REACH 1 MILLION PASSENGER MARK 
North Dakota has seen more than 1 Million passengers pass through the state’s airports for the second year in a row. This year the mark was set in November, one month earlier as Fargo, Grand Forks and Dickinson set passenger enplanement records and Williston had its best month ever. Larry Taborsky, shown at right, Director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission said he is proud of what the airports in North Dakota have accomplished. “North Dakota has more flights to more destinations that ever before.”