Airport

(Reuters) - Authorities have arrested a man suspected of plotting to blow up the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kansas, in a suicide attack with a carload of explosives, officials said Friday.

WILLMAR — The Willmar City Council has authorized a process to alter or eliminate a permanent easement that officials say the city incorrectly granted for a parcel of land acquired for the new airport. The process was approved 5-0 with two council members abstaining. The council...

Authorities were responding to a shooting incident with multiple injuries at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, and California media reported that a gunman with a high-powered rifle was shot by law enforcement. The airport said on social media that there was "an incident...

WILLMAR - Preparation began Monday for painting a compass rose on the concrete apron at the Willmar Municipal Airport. The compass rose will be painted Friday and Saturday by members of the Minnesota Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots founded in 1949. The compass rose...

MINNEAPOLIS - An American Eagle pilot was suspended after failing a blood-alcohol test as he prepared to fly on Friday from Minneapolis to New York City, authorities said. Police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport said officers and a Transportation Security Administration...

MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport spokesman says an American Airlines pilot preparing for takeoff was arrested and removed from his plane after failing an alcohol Breathalyzer test. Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan says before the pilot boarded the flight,...

WILLMAR -- An $81,996 bid from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers of Eau Claire, Wis., for a crack-sealing project at the municipal airport was accepted this week by the Willmar City Council. The Fahrner bid was the lowest of three bids received for crack repairs on the runway and taxiway. City...

WILLMAR -- The Willmar City Council has sought professional services to design an airport runway crack sealing project. Officials say the contract is needed because crack sealing runways is different than crack sealing roads and streets. The council Monday night approved a contract...

MONTEVIDEO -- The main runway at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Airport will be reconstructed. Montevideo City Council members at their meeting Monday approved the low bid of $1,596,258.61 by Duininck Inc., of Prinsburg, for the project. The Chippewa County Board approved awarding...