Firearms, a fuel tanker, and even a goat.
Those are some of the items that were being kept by tenants at Dillingham Airfield. But not anymore.
The State Department of Transportation is cleaning up after finding those violations, and many others.
State Crews have been busy at Dillingham Airfield over the past few days, hauling away items. And apparently it wasn’t only one tenant breaking the rules.
Dillingham Airfield is a general aviation airport, next to Camp Erdman in Mokuleia.
It’s mainly used by sky diving and commercial glider businesses, and is managed by the State DOT, which leases the property from the US Army.
These are some of the things the DOT recently confiscated from tenants.
The DOT says it all started last March, after the Army told them about the problem.
Then in September, the DOT did a walk-thru, and found numerous violations including:
-Firearms and ammunition stored on airport property
-Dogs and a goat living on property
-Office spaces converted to living spaces
-Structures built without permits
-Hazardous materials
-Non-aeronautical items like vehicles and watercraft stored on property
-Faded safety signs
-Unauthorized fueling facilities
-Abandoned aircraft parked longer than 6 months
The FAA also did an inspection and found federal violations.
In December, the DOT sent out letters to tenants.
This letter, provided by the DOT as an example, says that this tenant had items like boat engines, fans, air conditioning units, surf boards, and golf carts in his hangar. And that he was staying overnight in his hangar, which is not allowed.
The State issued citations this past Saturday, and state crews started removing items on Tuesday.
The DOT wouldn’t specify how many tenants were in violation.
But someone who flies out of Dillingham Airfield told us the DOT has turned a blind eye to this problem for many years.
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