[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5549-5550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02316]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Request To Release Property at the Asheville Regional 
Airport, Fletcher, NC (AVL)

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration is requesting public 
comment on a request by The Greater Asheville Regional Airport 
Authority on behalf of the Asheville Regional Airport, to release 84.08 
acres of land identified on the current ``Exhibit A'' as Tracts C1, C2, 
and C3 at the Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) from federal 
obligations.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 9, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be emailed to the FAA at the 
following email address: FAA/Memphis Airports District Office, Attn: 
Jamal R. Stovall, Lead Community Planner, [email protected].
    In addition, one copy of any comments submitted to the FAA must be 
mailed or delivered to Mr. Lew S. Bleiweis, President and CEO, Ashville 
Regional Airport at the following address: 61 Terminal Drive, Suite 1, 
Fletcher, NC 28732.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamal R. Stovall, Lead Community 
Planner, Federal Aviation Administration, Memphis Airports District 
Office, 2600, Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 2250, Memphis, TN 38118-
2482, [email protected]. The application may be reviewed in person 
at this same location, by appointment.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA proposes to rule and invites public 
comment on the request to release property for disposal at the 
Asheville Regional Airport (AVL), 61 Terminal

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Drive, Suite 1 Fletcher, NC 28732, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
47107(h)(2). The FAA determined that the request to release property at 
the Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) submitted by the Sponsor meets the 
procedural requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration and the 
release of this property does not and will not impact future aviation 
needs at the airport. The FAA may approve the request, in whole or in 
part, no sooner than thirty days after the publication of this notice.
    The request consists of the following:
    The Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority (GARAA), the 
Sponsor of the Asheville Regional Airport, requests a release of 
federal obligations for properties acquired with Airport Improvement 
Program (AIP) funding. The Sponsor wishes to release and dispose of 
84.08 acres of Airport property identified on the current ``Exhibit A'' 
property map as Tracts C1, C2 & C3. The Sponsor acquired tracts Cl, C2, 
and C3 with grants through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) 
1991(3-37-0005-012-1991) and 1993 (3-37-0005-016-1993). This action is 
taken under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 47107(h)(2).
    Any person may inspect the request in person at the FAA office 
listed above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    In addition, any person may, upon request, inspect the request, 
notice and other documents germane to the request in person at the 
Asheville Regional Airport.

    Issued in Memphis, Tennessee on February 3, 2026.
Rans D. Black,
Acting Manager, Memphis Airports District Office, Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2026-02316 Filed 2-5-26; 8:45 am]
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