Airport

STANELY, Idaho (KLIX)- The Stanley Airport Main Building caught fire early Saturday morning. According to Sean Tajkowski, Technical Planning for the town of Stanley, a Hanger with aircraft was saved along with three outbuildings, some heavy equipment, trailers, and three people living on grounds...

HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — The mayor of the central Idaho town of Hailey says the county's commissioners are obstructing efforts to move the local airport out of the community by refusing to rezone potential replacement sites.

BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration will do an aeronautic study after a south-central Idaho company increased the size of exhaust stacks and pilots from a nearby airport cited safety concerns.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah senator will introduce a bill this legislative session to outlaw smoking lounges in the Salt Lake City airport.

A plane has crashed south of the Idaho Falls Airport. According to KMVT two people lost their lives in the crash.

(KLIX)- Joslin Field, Magic Valley Airport has gotten a federal grant to increase capacity to and from Salt Lake City. The US Department of Transportation handed out 19 grants to small regional airports across the nation. The goal of the grant is to encourage more passenger air service to and from the Magic Valley...

(KLIX)-The Idaho Transportation Department is wanting the publics help in building a road map for the next five years. Its not actually a map, but a plan for transportation projects in the state called Idaho Tranportation Investment Program...

(KLIX)-The Twin Falls airport is busy this week preparing for the 2012 Air Magic Valley airshow. Many aircraft are making their way to the airport. The Navy Blue Angels have landed and other performers are set to arrive Wednesday. Organizers are setting up fences and organizing parking...

(KLIX)- A key element fighting many of the fires in southern Idaho is aircraft. At the Twin Falls Airport and Bureau of Land Management air base crews work tirelessly to get firefighting planes in the air. Nearly every minute there is some type of aircraft landing or taking off from Joslin Field...

(KLIX)-The Magic Valley Airport has a little extra spending Money to put in its pocket. Airport Manager Bill Carberry told city council that the Idaho Transportation Department offered up a $20-thousand dollar grant to the airport. He says they got the money for basically spending money...

Twin Falls (KLIX)- More air service could come to the Magic Valley thanks to a federal grant. Right now airport staff is hoping to secure a US Department of Transportation grant of about half a million dollars. It’s part of the Small Community Air Service Development Program Grant...

Emergency crews were sent to the Buhl airport late this afternoon after a report of a plane crash.  Details are sketchy but reports are that  one person was treated at a local hospital from injuries received in the crash.  The extent of the injuries are unknown...

Twin Falls, Idaho (KLIX) A helicopter pilot walked away from a crash at the Twin Falls airport this weekend. According to the city a small helicopter went down Sunday morning half a mile south of the Magic Valley Regional Airport. The pilot was the only one in the aircraft...

Boise, Idaho (KTVB) Many Magic Valley residents fly out of the Boise Airport and they take a lot with them, whether it be toothpaste, combs’ and other toiletries. But, believe it or not people have tried to take a cattle prod on board a plane at the airport...

Efforts to build a new airport in Burley have been thwarted for the time being by impassioned landowners concerned over four proposed sites. At a standing room only meeting yesterday the airport site-selection committee voted to back away from the four proposed sites and essentially start over again.

Goals for the next 20 years are being looked at in a strategic plan for Joslin Field, Magic Valley Regional Airport.

Ever since infamous “shoe bomber” Richard Reid tried — and failed — to blow up a plane by igniting explosives in his shoes during a 2001 flight, travelers have been forced to remove footwear for screening when going through airport security. But according to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, that time-worn tradition may soon fall to the wayside.

Allegiant Air announced this week it will be suspending flights from Twin Falls to Las Vegas.

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It's a case of security gone crazy. Security at London’s Gatwick airport have deemed the three-inch rifle that came with a toy solider a “firearm” that is too dangerous to take on a flight. Ken Lloyd, a Canadian, was flying home with a military figurine he had bought from a museum gift shop in his carry-on bag.