Yellowknife City Council recently voted to restrict parking at the proposed Wiley Road Park to non-motorized watercraft. The proposed park is to be named after Hank Koenen, a well known bush pilot who operated a charter service on the site. Whether to permit visiting floatplanes to park at the site was a significant issue that was debated during the public consultation process.
 
Most councillors appear to recognize the need for some parking areas for itinerant floatplanes but are sensitive to any opposition.  City administration continues to defer the matter by suggesting that there are other areas which would be more suitable for floatplane parking and indicated that a plan for floatplane parking is actively being developed and will be brought to Council in the near future.

NWTFA will continue to monitor this issue and promote the need for parking for itinerant floatplane pilots.   For more information and updates, click here. 

​We are starting to make plans for our annual Rust Remover in May.  If you have any preferred topics, or suggestions for persons who might be good presenters, please contact Hal Logsdon.  Some ideas that have been mentioned to date include communication phraseology, SAR and survival, and right of way rules.

We have contacted the YZF airport manager and requested that snow be removed and vehicle access restored to aircraft wintering at the airport parking area.  It looks like work has begun, so if you want or need to get to your aircraft without snowshoes, you should be able to do so next week.