White Plains Aviation Expo Saturday March 2nd

White Plains, New York

The WAA was pleased to participate in the March 2, 2024 first annual White Plains Youth Bureau Aviation Expo. This event was open to all County-wide high school students, with many middle school students attending too.

There were panels on all facets of aviation, hands-on glider flying and simulator time, with many exhibitors from airlines, FBOs, flight schools, colleges, CAP, Women in Aviation and more. 

The County Executive, State Assembly Member and White Plains City Mayor addressed the participants, with the President of Vaughn College giving a keynote address. We were glad to have with us both AVPORTS and HPN Tower as speakers on panels. 

With approximately 150 attendees, the White Plains Youth Bureau put on a high quality event that went a long way toward opening the eyes of students to various job options in aviation (both with and without college). 

We at WAA are looking forward to participating in next year's event.

From Airside Operations

We are beginning to see signs of spring so please check distant NOTAMS for People and Equipment working on closed movement areas involved in re-painting of markings and asphalt repair work.

Maintain a heightened awareness when taxiing and on encountering maintenance crews operating Turf-Mowing Equipment adjacent to and on open taxiways.

Report any bird or mammal aircraft strikes to Airport Operations: 1-914-995-4850.

The Domestic Water System Improvement Project is still underway with an expected completion in November 2024.



HPN will be conducting Electrical Safety Reinforcements and Preventative Maintenance to the  airport’s Primary Electrical Supply and Distribution System. Formal Airport Bulletin coming Mid-April and Early-May.

ATC Q2 Field Trip to TRACON

March 20th, 2024



The WAA sponsored a visit to NY TRACON on March 20, taking a group of our members and friends by bus from HPN to visit with and learn from LaGuardia Area controllers at the approach control facility. With snacks and drinks graciously provided for the bus trip by Million Air, we braved the late afternoon traffic and were welcomed to the facility by our host, Toby Bucsecu.  

Toby and his fellow controller Brian Rabinowitz gave our group a conference room briefing on the construction of the NY Metro airspace, with flight paths for arrivals and departures at the 5 major airports that are all within a 17 nm circle (JFK/LGA/EWR/TEB/HPN). They answered our many questions about the airspace design and practical issues, providing great insights into how controllers operate.

And then it was time to break our group up into smaller sections with Toby conducting instruction sessions at a control position showing live traffic (he specifically chose a busy evening during the week so we could see a busy traffic time). We could see the high volume of traffic into and out of LGA and HPN, with altitude separation and delaying vectors for some traffic due to volume coming into LGA. Weather displays were demonstrated, and the display was configured so we could easily see the adjacent EWR/JFK/ISP/Liberty areas with tightly packed traffic being worked with near minimum separation among the airports. It was a highly interactive several hours that we spent at TRACON. 

WAA expresses its great appreciation to Toby and Brian for their work in educating our tour participants.

WAA's 8th Annual Safety Day Symposium

June 11th, 2024 - Rye, New York

We are excited to announce this year’s Safety Day symposium. It will be held on Tuesday June 11th, the day before the NBAA White Plains Regional Meeting.

The full-day event will be held at Whitby Castle, 330 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY 10580.

The WAA team is developing relevant and timely program with primary emphasis on Jet and Turboprop Operations (Parts 91 and 135).

We will continue with our tradition of providing annual scholarships that are announced and awarded at Safety Day. Watch out in the coming weeks on how to apply.

We will be providing more information and opening registration in coming week.



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Westchester County WAI Hosts Successful Event

Pax Romana, White Plains, New York

Women in Aviation Westchester County recently held an event hosting forty aviation professionals at Pax Romana for a night of networking and fundraising.

WAI would like to thank their sponsor Universal Weather, and all those who attended and donated to our raffle.

Not a member of WAI Westchester County? Membership is *FREE! Join today!

*Free membership is for those who are currently enrolled with WAI National

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