Paulding County Regional Airport
| Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Paulding County Board of Commissioners | ||||||||||
| Serves | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||
| Location | Dallas, Georgia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,289 ft / 393 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′43″N 084°56′26″W / 33.91194°N 84.94056°WCoordinates: 33°54′43″N 084°56′26″W / 33.91194°N 84.94056°W | ||||||||||
| Website | PauldingAirport.com | ||||||||||
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| Based aircraft | 11 |
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Silver Comet Field at Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport (also known as Silver Comet Field) (ICAO: KPUJ, FAA LID: PUJ) is a small public use airport in Paulding County, Georgia, United States. Formerly known as Paulding Northwest Atlanta Airport and Paulding County Regional Airport, it is owned by the Paulding County Board of Commissioners. The airport is located in Dallas, Georgia, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Atlanta. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.
Paulding County, located in northwest Metro Atlanta, encompasses 314 square miles and is home to approximately 150,000 residents. Source On October 4, 2013, nearly one year after negotiations and contracts, Paulding County announced a Public Private Partnership with an entrepreneurial startup company called Propeller Investments, llc dba Propeller Airports, llc dba Silver Comet Terminal Partners, llc to develop its airport, which proposed including commercial passenger service, despite the head of the Paulding County Airport Authority's promises to the county residents of transparency and that the airport would remain a general aviation airport. Paulding residents immediately filed several lawsuits, which addressed violations of Georgia's Sunshine Laws and Open Meetings Act, and an ultra vires suit against the Paulding County Industrial Building Authority for overextending its authority.
Many of these lawsuits have been filed by attorneys associated with Delta Air Lines. October 2013: Residents file a legal challenge to bond funding for a Paulding airport taxiway expansion that will facilitate airline service. November 2013: Residents file a second legal challenge, questioning Federal Aviation Administration environmental approvals of Paulding airport plans. December 2013: A judge rules in favor of the airport and county in the bond funding case. Residents pledge to appeal. Attorneys announce a settlement of the FAA case, calling for an environmental assessment that will delay the commercialization of the airport for months. January 2014: Paulding residents file a third legal challenge, questioning airport leases and a loan made to fund the taxiway expansion. SOURCE
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