Pierre City Commission Approves Purchase Of Airplane Tracking Service

Pierre City Commission Approves Purchase Of Airplane Tracking Service

PIERRE (KCCR) — The City of Pierre is adding new technology to Pierre Regional Airport. The City Commission last week approved an agreement with the Aeronautics Division of the South Dakota Department of Transportation for the first year of subscription to Virtower…

Airport Manager Brian Cowels says the system can also help document just how busy Pierre Regional Airport is…

Commissioner Todd Johnson says there is a safety aspect to Virtower too…

Helping pay for the Virtower system is 55-hundred dollars from Pierre’s allotment of the state Fuel Tax Fund on aviation fuel. The purchase was approved by the Aeronautics Commission in March.