The Dunsmuir Municipal-Mott Airport

THE DUNSMUI R MUNI C I PAL -MOTT A I RPORT by a partial parallel taxiway (Taxiway A). The northeast area is accessed from the landside via the formal Airport access drive, and is comprised of four smaller privately-owned hangars, a large city-owned hangar, and an aircraft tiedown apron. Todd Juhasz is Dunsmuir’s City Manager. He runs Airport operations with help from the city’s Public Works Department for things like snow removal and equipment repair. ‘It’s a pretty bare-bones operation,” he remarks. The Airport sells no fuel, and its abundant amount of prime acreage lacks water and sewer lines, which makes the land, as yet, unsuitable for development. “We’re constrained by the lack of infrastructure,” Juhasz opines. “We’ve had various plans that have been put together, including a potential hub for UPS or FedEx, and we’re trying to figure out a way for grant money to help pay for the cost of running infrastructure uphill. But there’s great opportunity here.” The great opportunity to which Juhasz alludes Ed Miller and his Christen Eagle II have flown off this airstrip for almost 1000 hours and more than 1000 safe take-offs and landings.