A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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The city of Pierre, South Dakota, has completed the rehabilitation of 6,880-foot Runway 7-25 at Pierre Regional Airport (KPIR). The $6.3 million project included a fresh asphalt surface, as well as new lighting and markings.
At the city commissioner meeting last week, officials approved the final pay application for the Runway 7-25 project, which was largely funded with state and federal grants, and accepted a proposal for a similar refurbishment of 6,900-foot Runway 13-3 from Morris Inc., the same contractor for the earlier project.
Scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2025, the follow-on $7.2 million project will replace the existing asphalt in the landing area and add new lighting, markings, and wind cones. Approximately 95% of the project will be covered by state DOT and FAA AIP grants.
The vast majority of KPIR’s traffic is general aviation, but the airport—which has one FBO—does support some commercial traffic, with Denver Air offering 12 flights per week.
“Maintaining our airport infrastructure is critical for continued commercial service and the additional services our airport provides to the community, so we keep making improvements where we have eligible projects,” explained city engineer Nick Waters.

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