The Wild, Wild, Wild West -- Fly Into North Dakota At Your Own RIsk -- FAA: And They Are

Oilmen don't get where they are by being timid.

And a warning from the FAA that "flying into North Dakota is at your own risk" is probably not going to deter them (I blogged about my personal experiences earlier).

So many story lines at this link:

At Killdeer’s airport — maintained by a retired farmer and mostly with his own money — planes ferrying oilmen, workers and supplies are taking off and landing in record numbers, despite pilots being told by the Federal Aviation Administration to do so at their own risk.

The $300 million that will be needed to upgrade the airports is a drop in the bucket compared to all the federal money flowing back to the states, and it is not enough to bump North Dakota from 7th to 6th, but it would be a start. Smile.

Until then, the ranchers will manage their own airfields, I guess. What a great country.