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On Thursday, September 7, Morristown Airport (KMMU) welcomed the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and its final Regional Forum of 2017. With the help of NBAA and Signature Flight Support Morristown, Morristown Airport welcomed over 2,000 attendees, 140 exhibitors and over 30 display aircraft.

NBAA’s Regional Forums bring current and prospective business aircraft owners, operators, manufacturers, customers and other industry professionals together for a one-day event at some of the best airports and FBOs in the nation.

Signature Flight Support Morristown was the host FBO for the event that incorporated exhibits, static display of aircraft and education sessions. The Regional Forums help introduce business aviation to local officials and showcase the positive economic impacts that business and general aviation have on a community.

This was the first time that Morristown Airport acted as the host airport for a Regional Forum hosted by NBAA. The event provided great exposure for the airport to business aviation professionals who operate in the New Jersey and New York areas.

Education sessions at the Regional Forum included an outlook for business aviation in 2017 and beyond and mentoring business aviation’s future workforce.

Patient AirLift Services (PALS) and Sky Hope Network have recently partnered to form the PALS Sky Hope Disaster Relief Program.  Through a network of industry partners and the NBAA HERO Database, the PALS Sky Hope Disaster Relief Program stands at the ready to respond to areas in need of humanitarian relief – particularly those inaccessible by roads.  In response to Hurricane Harvey, PALS Sky Hope was able to deliver medical supplies, vaccines, dry goods, and relief workers, as well as carry evacuees from shelters to family members after having lost their homes.  We aren’t done with our support in Southeast Texas, but our attention is shifting to South Florida as we wait to see what Irma has in store for us.

If you or your company would like to become part of PALS Sky Hope Disaster Relief Program to provide support to areas in need, you can view more information and apply online here: http://www.palservices.org/disaster-relief/

For questions, you can contact Jen Hotsko at 516-640-7200 or email the relief team at relief@palservices.org.

https://www.nbaa.org/advocacy/contact/

Morristown Air Traffic Control Tower
4 Airport Rd
Morristown, NJ 07960

June 23, 2017
Pilots flying IFR out of Morristown Airport:
MMU Tower was recently notified by Washington Center, through FAA Traffic Management, that MMU Tower had issued Low Level SERMN South clearances to aircraft when the tower had reasonable knowledge that the pilot did not intend on landing at the destination in the clearance. FAA Traffic Management has asked me to inform pilots flying out of MMU that the practice of filing for a destination airport that is not the actual intended destination airport, and then requesting a higher altitude and/or continuing to the actual intended destination, is not a good practice and negatively impacts the flow of the National Airspace System. In the future, aircraft will be expected to land at the destination airport filed in their clearance unless diverting due to weather, mechanical issue, or in case of emergency. Additionally, pilots are reminded that SERMN Escape Routes have a restriction that the pilot must comply with the altitude restriction and not request higher.

Anthony J Barrett
Air Traffic Manager, Morristown Tower

Each month in 2017, Morristown Airport will highlight certain individuals and organizations at the airport with, “The MMU Spotlight.” The Spotlight will showcase the importance of business aviation, the love of general aviation and everything in between. Click the link to see our first story!

Patient AirLift Services arranges free air transportation based on need to individuals requiring medical care and for other humanitarian purposes. We have a network of volunteer pilots who provide this service without compensation using their own or rented aircraft. In no case are fees of any kind charged for these services.
Generally the individuals who utilize our services have limited financial resources or are receiving diagnosis, treatment or follow-up for various types of acute or chronic illnesses or conditions that make it either financially impossible or otherwise infeasible to use public commercial or private charter transportation.