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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Curt Epstein

North Carolina’s Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (KMWK) has completed construction on a 10,000-sq-ft terminal. It replaces&nbsp;a smaller existing building, which will be taken over by a flight school.&nbsp;Slated to open by month’s end, the municipally-operated FBO terminal will provide improved crew rest facilities and an on-site restaurant, Updraft Kitchen.
Part of a $6 million development at the dedicated general aviation airport, the project also included an additional ramp and customer parking, as well as a new fuel farm that is set to debut later this year and feature a 12,000-gallon jet-A tank and a 10,000-gallon self-service avgas tank.
According to KMWK manager George Crater, the expanded fuel operation will enhance its ability to quickly service airplanes at both the north (new terminal) and south (flight school and maintenance facility) ramps.
“These projects are creating a foundation for Mount Airy/Surry County Airport to thrive in the coming years,” said Crater, adding KMWK is ranked third out of 65 general aviation airports in the state in terms of economic impact. “I expect our impact to increase as we become fully operational here in the new facility.”

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