In hopes of

attracting aircraft that consume the more-profitable jet fuel and thereby

enhance the bottom line the Peachtree City Airport Authority is preparing

an ad campaign.

The selling

point: free land, to operations that locate to Falcon Field and purchase

at least 2,000 gallons of jet fuel each month from the airport. In doing

so, the airport would receive greater profit than if it used going rates

to lease the property out through the normal method.

In other words,

the rent would technically be free, but operators would still have to

construct their own hangar facilities to get the deal.

At its meeting

Wednesday night, the authority voted to spend up to $1,500 for the advertisements,

which will be targeted towards businesses and others who operate jet aircraft.

In other business,

the authority approved its master plan for the next 15 years, including

a table of improvements it wants to make in priority order. All told,

the authority hopes to spend $23 million in the next five years to upgrade

and expand the airport facilities. That includes a projected $14.6 million

in federal funds, $388,000 in state funds and $1.2 million in local funds

along with $6.8 million in private funding.

One piece of

the puzzle includes the installation of a precision landing system, although

it is not known at this time how much that could run. Partly, that's because

it is unclear what type of equipment the FAA will require Falcon Field

to use for the precision landing system.

A precision

landing system would allow aircraft to follow a straight descent to the

runway as opposed to "leveling off" several times as they get

closer to the airport, which is currently the only way pilots can land.

The precision

landing system would send signals to the cockpit to help the pilot navigate

straight in.

Authority chairman

David Good said the conclusion of the master plan process was a major

accomplishment.

Now, the authority

is waiting to hear about a $360,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration

to allow the third phase of the southeast hangar area to be completed.

The precision

landing system is a bit further down the priority list for the authority.

The southeast hangar project is first on the list, followed by, in order:

Land acquisition

for hangar area C.

Paving a runway

overrun to give jets more time to take off.

Improving

airport lighting and signage.

Expansion

of the terminal airport apron "transient ramp" and paving the

access road to hangar area A.

The authority

also approved sending out requests for proposals for an accounting firm

to perform the authority's yearly audit.