News Around the Airport
VOTE for PTI as Best Small Airport! – CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED ATTENTION EVERYONE! PTI needs your help! Piedmont Triad International Airport has been nominated as one of twenty contenders for Best Small Airport in USA Today’s 10BEST Reader’s Choice Travel Awards. We need your help to win this contest! Each...
PTI Wins 2019 Award for Best Overall Marketing Programs
Piedmont Triad International Airport was awarded top prize for Overall Marketing Programs among small airports at the 2019 Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) Marketing and Communications Conference held in Miami November 7. “This prestigious award...
Archer Western Federal presents checks to local Autism Agencies
Kevin Ballog, Senior Project Manager of Archer Western Federal (currently working on the new FAA Air Traffic Control Tower), will present checks for $1,200 each (total $6,000) to five Triad area Autism Agencies at an event on November 11, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. The...
Message Regarding Chairman Steve Showfety
Greensboro, NC - Steve Showfety, chairman of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority, passed Wednesday night after a valiant battle with brain cancer. Showfety was 72 years old. Showfety was serving his 10th year on the Airport Authority and his sixth year as the Board’s...
Greensboro Among First to Fly on World’s Only Two-Cabin, 50-Seat Aircraft
Greensboro, N.C. - United will fly revolutionary CRJ 550 from Piedmont Triad International Airport starting on October 27; New aircraft offers more legroom, storage and amenities than any other regional aircraft. United customers in Greensboro will soon enjoy a...
Honoring PTI Chairman Steve Showfety
On Wednesday, August 28, 2019, PTI Chairman Steve Showfety received two distinct honors at the annual Greensboro Chamber of Commerce State of the Community: The Order of the Long Leaf Pine and the Stanley Frank Economic Workforce Development Award. To honor him and...
Statement Regarding Vandalism to Automobiles at PTI
Greensboro, N.C. - Piedmont Triad International Airport Police and Greensboro Police are investigating vandalism to over 20 automobiles that were parked in long-term parking at the airport early Sunday morning. The automobiles involved in the incident had windows...
PTI to Hold Public Workshop for Airport Noise Study Update
The Piedmont Triad Airport Authority (PTAA) has begun an update of the Airport Noise Compatibility Planning study for Piedmont Triad International Airport. The original study was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration in November 2008 per Title 14 of the Code...
Federal Aviation Administration Breaks Ground for a New Air Traffic Control Tower at PTI
FAA NewsFederal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C. 20591FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2019Washington, DC -- The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony today for a new Air...
Airport to begin Part 150 Noise Study Update
Greensboro, N.C. - The Piedmont Triad Airport Authority is preparing to update the Noise Compatibility Planning Study for the Piedmont Triad International Airport that was approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in November 2008 per Title 14 of the Code...