{"id":4239,"date":"2026-02-13T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:17:28","slug":"faa-mempertimbangkan-kembali-nasib-heliport-pusat-kota-indianapolis-dengan-menerima-komentar-publik-hingga-26-februari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aamnation.com\/id\/2026\/02\/13\/faa-reconsiders-fate-of-indianapolis-downtown-heliport-taking-public-comments-until-feb-26\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Mempertimbangkan Kembali Nasib Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis, Menerima Komentar Publik Hingga 26 Februari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kredit Cerita dan Gambar:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lisa Gordon<br \/>\n<\/strong>verticalmag.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Administrasi Penerbangan Federal (FAA) telah memberikan waktu dua minggu lagi kepada para pemangku kepentingan di Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis (8A4) untuk\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/FAA-2013-0259-5038\">mendaftarkan komentar publik mereka<\/a><\/span>\u00a0pada masa depan fasilitas tersebut.<\/p>\n<p>Dalam sebuah langkah yang tidak biasa pada 9 Januari 2026, FAA - yang menyetujui penutupan dan penonaktifan heliport pada akhir 2024 - mengarahkan Otoritas Bandara Indianapolis (IAA), pemilik fasilitas tersebut, untuk menghentikan sementara semua kegiatan penonaktifan. Arahan regulator tersebut menyusul diterimanya dua surat pada Desember 2025, satu dari Jaksa Agung Indiana Todd Rokita dan satu lagi dari pengusaha lokal Chuck Surack, yang keduanya keberatan dengan penutupan heliport tersebut.<\/p>\n<p>Sebagai tanggapan, FAA mengeluarkan pemberitahuan di Federal Register yang meminta komentar publik lebih lanjut tentang masa depan 8A4, awalnya memberikan tenggat waktu hingga 12 Februari - tetapi kemudian memperpanjang periode komentar hingga 26 Februari.<\/p>\n<p>Sementara itu, pada bulan Oktober lalu, dewan IAA memberikan suara bulat untuk mengizinkan Kota Indianapolis membeli heliport seharga $10,8 juta. Walikota Kota Joe Hogsett mengatakan kepada\u00a0<em>Indianapolis Star<\/em>\u00a0pada saat itu bahwa persetujuan tersebut akan \u201cmembuka potensi pembangunan kembali di pusat kota kami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kabarnya, Hogsett mendukung rencana untuk membangun kembali lahan heliport menjadi stadion yang akan menjadi rumah bagi tim Major League Soccer yang berbasis di Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Ide tersebut tidak cocok dengan Surack, pemilik Enstrom Helicopter Corporation dan Sweet Helicopters and Sweet Aviation yang berbasis di Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSaya mengetahui rencana ini empat tahun yang lalu,\u201d kata Surack kepada\u00a0<em>Vertikal<\/em>. \u201cSaya telah berkomunikasi berkali-kali melalui email dan surat tertulis kepada IAA. Saya telah menyatakan bahwa ini adalah aset besar bagi negara bagian Indiana dan Kota Indianapolis, dan bahwa Anda tidak boleh mengubah aset penerbangan menjadi aset non- penerbangan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sementara itu, IAA mengatakan dalam sebuah pernyataan kepada\u00a0<em>Vertikal<\/em>\u00a0bahwa \u201ckeputusan untuk menutup heliport disebabkan oleh kurangnya penggunaan dan biaya operasi dan pemeliharaan yang berlebihan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lebih lanjut, otoritas tersebut mengatakan bahwa mereka telah bekerja sama dengan FAA sejak tahun 2020 untuk \u201cmenonaktifkan\u201d heliport secara bertanggung jawab dan merelokasi penyewa terakhirnya.<\/p>\n<p>Namun, meskipun IAA mengatakan bahwa 8A4 tidak masuk akal secara finansial, Surack berpendapat bahwa \u201cdelapan atau sembilan tahun yang lalu, mereka berhenti mempekerjakan staf di fasilitas tersebut dan mengunci pintunya; mereka benar-benar tidak ingin fasilitas tersebut berhasil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surack mengatakan bahwa ia telah berkali-kali ditawari untuk mengoperasikan, menyewakan, atau membeli Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis, karena ia percaya bahwa ini adalah aset yang berharga untuk keselamatan publik, bisnis, dan perjalanan politik.<\/p>\n<p>Bahkan, ketika ia mendengar bahwa IAA bersiap untuk menerima tawaran $10,8 juta dari kota, Surack bergegas dengan tawarannya sendiri sebesar $15 juta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWalikota dan IAA tidak pernah menanggapi surat dan tawaran saya,\u201d tambahnya. \u201cMereka seperti lupa memberitahu FAA tentang hal itu, dan mengatakan bahwa mereka tidak menganggap tawaran saya sah. Sekali lagi, mereka seharusnya mengambil tawaran tertinggi, dan itu seharusnya kembali untuk layanan penerbangan. Mereka seharusnya tidak mengambil aset penerbangan dan mengubahnya menjadi aset non penerbangan, kecuali jika tidak ada pilihan lain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nasib heliport, yang secara resmi ditutup pada 15 Desember 2025, tampaknya masih dalam ketidakpastian sementara FAA mengumpulkan komentar publik.<\/p>\n<p>Selain Jaksa Agung negara bagian Rokita, pendukung utama 8A4 lainnya termasuk Gubernur Indiana Mike Braun, Kepolisian Negara Bagian Indiana, dan asosiasi industri Vertical Aviation International (VAI).<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Wood, direktur komunikasi strategis VAI, mengatakan\u00a0<em>Vertikal<\/em>\u00a0bahwa upaya untuk menutup heliport adalah \u201cpicik\u201d - dan begitu fasilitas ini hilang, maka hilanglah sudah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFasilitas seperti 8A4 memainkan peran penting untuk tanggap darurat, penerbangan bisnis, operasi keselamatan publik, dan hal-hal yang telah mendukung aktivitas kota,\u201d katanya. \u201cJika penutupan ini terjadi - dan mengingat bahwa negara ini sedang berada di jalur untuk secara dramatis memperluas apa itu penerbangan vertikal - ini merupakan pandangan yang sangat picik dari pihak yang tidak ingin mendukungnya di Indianapolis. Ketika mobilitas udara yang canggih tumbuh dan berkembang dan menjadi lebih banyak digunakan oleh masyarakat, fasilitas seperti itu perlu diciptakan. Jadi, ini hampir seperti situasi \u2018memotong hidung untuk menutupi wajah\u2019, di mana mereka tidak mempertimbangkan masa depan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pada bulan Juni 2025, Presiden Donald Trump menandatangani \u201cUnleashing American Drone Dominance,\u201d sebuah perintah eksekutif yang dirancang untuk mempercepat komersialisasi teknologi drone dan sistem pesawat tanpa awak (termasuk teknologi yang sedang berkembang seperti pesawat lepas landas dan pendaratan vertikal elektrik, atau eVTOL) ke dalam Sistem Wilayah Udara Nasional.<\/p>\n<p>Dalam surat pada 4 Februari 2026 kepada FAA, Gubernur Braun mengatakan bahwa Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis dapat berfungsi sebagai pusat penting untuk pengujian drone dan mobilitas udara tingkat lanjut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c8A4 adalah aset keamanan nasional yang dapat membantu membangun kepemimpinan drone di Amerika Serikat dan secara langsung mendukung strategi transportasi nasional Presiden,\u201d tulis Braun.<\/p>\n<p>Surack setuju. \u201cKami berada di ambang eVTOL dan drone - ini adalah fasilitas yang luar biasa dengan lima hektar beton dan delapan atau sembilan landasan pendaratan. Itu bisa dengan mudah dibersihkan dan diperbaiki. Ini akan menjadi cara yang bagus untuk bepergian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dia juga menekankan kasus keselamatan publik untuk heliport tersebut. Beberapa hari setelah 8A4 ditutup, kata Surack, sebuah penerbangan medevac dengan pasien bariatrik di dalamnya tidak dapat mendarat di helipad Rumah Sakit IU Health Methodist karena pembatasan berat badan. Heliport di pusat kota akan menjadi alternatif yang ideal - sebagai gantinya, mereka harus mendarat lebih jauh dan membawa pasien dengan ambulans darat.<\/p>\n<p>IAA mengatakan kepada\u00a0<em>Vertikal<\/em>\u00a0\u201cSangat tidak biasa bagi FAA untuk membatalkan keputusan yang telah disetujui, yang telah ditinjau selama lima tahun.\u201d Namun demikian, perusahaan ini tetap berhubungan dengan FAA dan \u201csesuai dengan arahan FAA baru-baru ini, IAA telah menangguhkan aktivitas pasca-penutupan lebih lanjut, yang mencakup penutupan penjualan heliport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surack tidak yakin apa yang akan terjadi jika FAA menunda penonaktifan Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMereka sangat serius memperhatikannya. Saya tidak tahu apakah saya akan menang atau tidak, tapi saya akan mencobanya,\u201d katanya.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Wood dari VAI mengatakan bahwa perpanjangan periode komentar oleh FAA adalah hal yang positif.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIni adalah pertanda yang sangat bagus. Fakta bahwa mereka memperpanjangnya berarti ada minat yang besar, dan saya yakin ada minat yang besar untuk menjaga heliport tetap terbuka. \u201cKami telah sangat mendesak anggota kami, terutama yang berada di Indiana, untuk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.votervoice.net\/Verticalavi\/Campaigns\/133127\/Respond\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">menimbang<\/span><\/a>\u00a0dan mengatakan kepada mereka untuk tidak menutup Heliport Pusat Kota Indianapolis. 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