Many local businesses had expressed interest in basing their aircraft at the airport, creating a substantial waiting list.
Two local businesses approached the city about basing their corporate aircraft at RWF if the city constructed hangars for rent. The city also had a waiting list of pilots wanting to base at RWF. The city elected to combine construction of large corporate hangars with general aviation hangars into one building. Bolton & Menk developed a plan to construct two 65-foot-wide by 65-foot-deep hangars with 20-foot door clearance and five 40-foot-wide by 40-foot-deep hangars with 12-foot door clearance. The project was constructed using FAA funding, reducing the city share to five percent.
Surface drainage would pond on each taxilane and eventually back up into each hangar.
The FDR process allowed the city to rehabilitate Runway 15/33, Taxiway A, and the apron
Bolton & Menk worked with the FAA to reconfigure the taxiways so taxilanes in both
The new terminal building enables Des Moines Flying Service to accommodate its growth and a
Named one of the very best workplaces in the states of Minnesota, Iowa, North Carolina, and South Carolina! We’re proud to rank in the Top 50 on the list, and even prouder that we were voted in by our own employees.
