For AOPA, advocacy is more than just lobbying Congress or negotiating with the FAA.
It’s about staying engaged with hundreds of state agencies and legislatures. It’s about maintaining a network of pilots to monitor thousands of airports. It’s about putting the combined weight of hundreds of thousands of pilots behind you.
AOPA urged Massachusetts lawmakers to back a tax exemption for privately owned airports that allow public use, noting the important benefits the owners provide by allowing public use are "easy to take for granted."
In response to feedback from AOPA and local pilots, the Safford, Arizona, City Council unanimously voted to immediately remove landing fees at Safford Regional/1Lt Duane Spalsbury Field for any aircraft under 4,000 pounds, and for touch-and-go operations for aircraft over 4,000 pounds.
AOPA urges members and local residents in Chatham, Massachusetts, to vote "no" on Warrant Article 59 during the Town Meeting on May 10. The article seeks to limit the use of Chatham Municipal Airport to only the smallest aircraft—a restriction local leaders acknowledge is unenforceable.
