Notice2026-02316
Notice of Request To Release Property at the Asheville Regional Airport, Fletcher, NC (AVL)
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Published
February 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 25 (Friday, February 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5549-5550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d69cb7bbb7baf885a2b9a0b7baba96b0b7b7f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ade7ccc0ccc183fed9c2dbccc1c1edcbcccc83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.
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, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#612b000c000d4f32150e17000d0d210700004f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="602a010d010c4e33140f16010c0c200601014e070f16">[email protected]</span></a>. 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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