Below are the plans for the airport expansion project. The plans can be viewed and commented on by contacting the airport commission. Immediately below is what it used to look like (photo courtesy of John Jenkins -- www.osceolawis.com). The expansion will be from the threshold towards the bottom of the picture.

Hangars! If you are looking for a Hangar at Osceola, NOW is your chance to get a prime location. The runway expansion from 3800' to 5000' is coming in 2006. Click here to view the latest airport hangar plan (.pdf file).

For information about the hangars, please call Mr. Philip Mattison, Chairman Osceola Airport Commission at (work) 715-294-5512 or (cell) 612-803-5574.

Near the bottom of this page you will find some sources for building your hangar.

     The RiverBank can provide financing.
          Borrowing Amount: 80% of purchase price
         Term: 20 years
          Rate: 6.95% (adjustable every 2 years) or 7.95% (adjustable every 4 years)

Below are some of the details excerpted from the Osceola Airport Hangar Lot Intent to Lease and for placing a deposit to either hold a building site or to purchase a hangar in the condo association.

For the full version copies in .pdf format, click here "Osceola Airport Hangar Lot Intent to Lease", "Osceola Airport Hangar Association LLC", and "Private Lot Lease Agreement" or they may be obtained by calling Phil or Sarah at either of the numbers above.

"The Osceola Airport Commission has completed new taxiways and has hangar sites available since late summer of 2004. The Commission's goal is to provide good aircraft storage density and still maintain safety. The Airport Layout plan is expected to be complete this spring. The current layout is a rough draft, and there lot assignments, addresses, and set back requirements, may be changed or edited at the discretion of the Airport Commission. Final assignment will be made at the time the hangar lot lease is let.

"Hangars are intended for aircraft storage and aviation services and are subject to all terms and conditions of the Osceola Airport Private Hangar Lease, or Commercial Lease. . . .

"Minimum size for a single hangar is 2500 sq. ft. Minimum standard for all hangars are: professionally built appearance and function, with painted metal exterior walls, earth tone colors, galvanized is acceptable on the roof only, bi-fold hangar style doors, a concrete floor and concrete or blacktop ramp. Site preparation, base, an bituminous is the expense of the owner. No outside storage. All proposed hangars must be approved by the Osceola Airport Commission and be completed within one year of a signed executed lease. Set back requirements are front, 30' from the edge of the taxiway, 15' the back lot line, and 10' from side lot lines. The Commission owns easement rights around all hangars for the installation and maintenance of utilities.

.... Private Lease .12 cents per sq. foot for the lot
.... Commercial Lease .12 cents per sq. foot for the lot (proposed)

There are options to have city water, gas, sewer, and electricity.

"Osceola Village fees for hookup are approximately $2629.00 for water and $3177.00 for sewer per building. If city sewer and water are provided for any site, [you] may be assessed for the hook up fees whether [you] hook up or not."

A deposit of $500 is required to secure your site.

Important Hangar Owner & Contractor Information

Hangar Construction Information

Butler Buildings                         715-246-2320 (Steel Buildings)
Cleary Buildings                        800-373-5550
Durand Builders Service       715-672-5941
Erect-A-Tube                              800-624-9219 (Steel Buildings)

General Steel Corp                   888-98-STEEL (Steel Buildings)
Heritage Building Systems    800-643-5555 (Steel Buildings)
Lester Buildings                       320-395-2531

Menards                                     651-430-2508
Miracle Steel                              800-521-0386 (Steel Buildings)
Miracle Truss                             888-436-3098 (Steel Buildings)

Morton Buildings                     800-426-6686
Northland Buildings               715-248-7246
Ross Associates, Ltd.            715-425-9011(Steel Buildings)

Strat-O-Span                             800-851-4550 (Steel Buildings)
United Building Center          715-246-6143
Walters Buildings                    800-558-7800

Wick Buildings 800-356-9682

Hangar Door Manufacturers

Aerolift Door, Inc. 800-747-1168
Hi-Fold Doors 800-443-6536

Jacor Inc.                                          Aircraft hangar door weather seals ~ 262-898-1746
Midland Bi-Fold Doors                   800-921-7008
Schweiss Bi-Fold Doors               507-426-8273

Wilson Doors

Asphalt

Asphalt Associates, Inc.                800-439-3888
Monarch Paving                              800-769-2127
Quality Asphalt                                715-749-3537

Concrete

Cemstone                                               800-555-9415
County Concrete Corp.                       800-555-9415
D.J. Graham Construction Co.          888-246-2017
Graley Concrete Construction          715-246-2015

Halverson Concrete Construction   715-425-7692
Keystone Brick & Concrete               651-462-4969 (Local pilot Chuck Mollenhauer- e-mail)
Kieffer Masonry                                     715-263-2294

Kippes Concrete                                   715-455-1435 e-mail
Rolfus Construction                            763-633-9240
Stonewood Construction Inc.           715-247-3001

Yellow River Supply Corp. 715-684-3020

Electrical Contractors

Andrie Electric                       715-755-3656
Bear Electric                           715-755-3635
CB Electric LLC                     715-246-3702 (Bill Buffie, Owner --- He's a pilot)

Cloutier Electric                     715-294-3712
Dalles Electricians                715-646-2122
J P Electric                              715-648-5458

JR Electric                              715-483-1614
NEI                                            715-483-3854
Yunker Electric                      715-755-2850

Plumbing & Heating Contractors

Badger State, Inc.                              715-834-9777 John Ebert - e-mail, website
J&M Heating & AC                            715-483-3950
Osceola Plumbing & Heating         715-294-4322

Stocker Heating                                 715-294-2134
St. Croix Plumbing & Heating        715-483-3448
Utgaard Plumbing & Heating         715-268-6995

Joel Yunker Plumbing & Heating 715-483-9036

Insulation

Insulation Corporation of America    800-506-2675 (For Steel Buildings)
Penguin Insulation Inc.                        715-549-6226
St. Croix Insulation Inc.                        800-649-5070
WFI Insulation Inc.                                 800-584-9585

Hangar Insurance

Wings Insurance Agency 952-942-8800 e-mail

Excavating

Adams Excavating                                      715-268-2268
Belisle Excavating Sand & Gravel Inc.   715-247-3254
Brust Excavating                                         715-488-2743

Collova Brothers Excavating                   715-294-3245
Cross Country Excavating                       715-294-3141
T L Donaghue Construction                     715-483-9407

Graley Bobcat Service                               715-294-4070
Rasmussen Earthworks                            715-483-1751
Selzler Excavation, Inc                               715-755-3355

Tri-County Excavation & Grading 715-755-2828
Valley Trucking & Excavating 715-268-4266

Hangar space available:

     Osceola Hangar Association
          Hangar Size:   42' x 32' Door 40' x 12'   Construction scheduled for late summer 2004
          Insulation Available, Pole Construction
          $39,500 Complete     Only six units available
          Call Philip Mattison Work: 715-294-5512   Cell: 612-803-5574

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The following appeared in the Osceola Sun on March 24, 2004

Feds swoop in with help for airport expansion…
By Matt Rosendahl
Staff Writer

The Bureau of Aeronautics and Department of Transportation recently swooped in with some unexpected support for the expansion projects planned at L.O. Simenstad Municipal Airport.

“This was a big surprise,” Administrator Neil Soltis told the Osceola Village Board at last week’s meeting.

The bureau announced that the DOT requested $3.1 million dollars, or 95 percent of the reconstruction and extension of the primary runway from 3,862 feet to 5,000 feet, land acquisition reimbursement for the runway extension, construction of a parallel taxiway to the primary runway and apron work.

“I’m not sure what’s behind it,” said Soltis about the possible windfall, “but this is a good thing.”

It’s not hard to see what’s behind the need for repairs of the nearly twenty-years-old primary runway, which has undergone extensive cracking and is overgrown with grass.

There may be other factors at play that convinced the DOT to make its request.

According to the DOT’s letter to the Bureau of Aeronautics, L.O. Simenstad Municipal Airport receives “several calls each year from operators of both jets and turboprop aircraft wishing to use the airport only to be rerouted to a Minnesota facility due to the current runway length.”

The letter hinted that the airport could become a “significant reliever to the Twin Cities as the seven airports owned by the Minnesota Metropolitan Airport Commission have limited space and funds with which to grow.”

That crunch for airport use has already been realized at the Osceola space, where 25 fliers have committed to the future construction of new hangars.

The request also cited the village’s Airport Business Park, where $3 million was invested to accommodate 10-12 new companies, which could create up to 600 jobs.

“Extension of the primary runway will play a key role in the efforts to grow and attract businesses to the Business Park,” the DOT’s letter stated.

Classified as a Transport/Corporate Airport, the L.O. Simenstad Municipal Airport is used by regular cargo air shipments, air taxi operations, recreational users and its regular customers include Polaris Industries, Hazelden Foundation, Raytec, River Valley Farms and Custom Fire Apparatus, Inc.