Juneau’s airport at risk of sudden shutdown due to lack of fire vehicles, manager says

Two of three city-owned ARFF trucks aren’t operating, Assembly members told; airport can only accept smaller planes with one available truck, must halt flights if no trucks available

Juneau International Airport needs another specialized fire truck — quickly — since problems with two of the three existing trucks means the airport will have to shut down if there’s only one truck in service and it gets a flat tire, Assembly members were told Wednesday.

The airport is borrowing trucks from two other cities for now, Airport Manager Andres Delgado said during an Assembly Finance Committee meeting. But he said disruptions for some flights…