An unidentified staff member reporting the airport's financials told the Airport Authority at its meeting that year‑to‑date figures were about 1% lower than the same time last year, even though Jet A fuel sales have increased. “we seem to be doing very well, but our, the number is showing us to be 1% lower than last year at this time. So we have an uptick in Jet A sales,” the staff member said.
The staff member reported a fuel balance of $116,211.06 as of the 10th of the month and said mogas sales were “way down,” a change attributed in the meeting to lower retail prices offsite. “The Mogases is way down, but think part of that's because you can buy alcohol free gas at McQuarter or have a third, Wawa for $3.60 a gallon or something,” the staff member said.
Airport operations also lagged year‑over‑year: the air‑traffic report presented at the meeting showed traffic was about 16% lower than the prior year. The staff member attributed some of that decline to weather during February and April and noted that last year’s Civil Air Patrol event had boosted counts in June. “We did have, you know, the first part of the the spring, if you look at the months, February was terrible. It's like April was terrible. All weather related. And then June, I think June was low because last year we had EAA or not EAA, CAP Civil Air Patrol event at that time,” the staff member said.
No formal budget actions were taken at the meeting on these items, and attendees did not pose additional questions beyond the report. The airport manager moved on to the manager's report after the financial presentation.