June 3, 2020 REMINDER: Each business operating at Gnoss Field must complete the COVID-19 Site Specific Protection Plan (Revised Appendix A of the Stay-At-Home Order, effective May 18, 2020) prior to reopening (businesses already allowed to operate under prior orders had a two-week grace period until June 1 to complete and comply with the plan).The … Continued
Dumpsters – Becoming an Issue Please only put allowed items in the Trash and Recycle dumpsters. Items that are not allowed are still being discarded in the dumpsters and the airport is getting charged extra for these items. Staff will be closely monitoring the video cameras and contacting offenders to recover these extra fee’s in … Continued
FAA Public Hearing On August 22, 2019, the FAA will host a Public Hearing regarding the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement. The meeting will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at the Marin Humane Society Auditorium, 171 Bel Marin Keys Boulevard in Novato. Details and materials for the meeting can … Continued
Update on current operations and workplan for future years for Gnoss Field The Department of Public Works will provide a County Airport update to the Marin County Board of Supervisors on July 16. The staff report[External] and the presentation slides[External] are available online. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for future Runway Extension The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been working on … Continued
Annual State Inspection Results The Marin County Airport, Gnoss Field, has received an Excellent Condition status following a compliance inspection on April 18, 2019. The annual state inspection was conducted by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and found that all applicable Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements had been either met or exceeded. The inspection … Continued
Introduction of Tony Williams Hello Gnoss Field Businesses, Tenants and Pilots, the Airport Division of the Department of Public Works has a new Assistant Director, Tony Williams. Tony is a licensed civil engineer with 26 years of experience in engineering and construction. Prior to joining the County of Marin, Tony worked for the City of … Continued
Electrical Issue PG&E had an airport wide power outage that started early on Thanksgiving Day and lasted most of the day. PG&E then restored partial power on Friday 11/23, but it was ‘dirty power’ (power flickering and may have lost a phase) so the Airport Manager turned off critical systems such as the AWOS and … Continued
March 26— Construction activity at the airport will continue this week with subgrade preparation at the airport’s aircraft apron area occurring on March 27 and 28. Asphalt pavement will occur on Thursday, March 29. Airport tenants are advised to use caution around construction workers and equipment operating at the airport. March 28 — The contractor’s schedule … Continued
January 26 — As previously announced on January 19, a second coat of paint will be applied to the runway on January 29 and 30, weather permitting. The painting will require the closure of the runway for both days (8:00 AM to 6:00 PM). The paint is highly sensitive to weather conditions, so please keep in … Continued
December 29 — The Gnoss Field Airport runway is now open. Construction work, however, is still continuing on the airport property even with the open runway, including on Saturday, December 30. As always, please use caution and observe airport safety rules: No vehicles or pedestrians on the runway or taxiways at any time. Exercise caution around … Continued
