Maness has been involved with aviation his entire career: for over 10 years with the Air Force, including as a Captain for the inaugural class of the first TOPGUN training wing in California and two years as a pilot for the Air Force precision flight squadron, the Thunderbirds. Following his military career, Maness joined U.S. Airways where he served as a pilot for 22 years. Prior to accepting his current role as Director, Maness served three terms as Airport Manager in Moore County in 2004-2007, 2010-2012 and again in 2018-2020. He was instrumental in assisting the United States Golf Association with two U.S. Open Championships and coordinating the unique operations plans to handle thousands of flights that arrived and departed at the airport in 2005 and 2014. Maness will be instrumental in developing a similar plan for the 2024 U.S. Open Championship, which will be hosted at Pinehurst.
Maness’s responsibilities as Director will to manage all the operational aspects of the airport including increasing revenues, providing exceptional customer service, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Along with the members of the Airport Authority, he will oversee the short and long-term strategic plans for the facility. Maness will work with federal, state, and local agencies for grants supporting facility maintenance, growth in capacity and service, and overall improvements to the airport. He will also manage current development projects, including the base-customer hanger expansion and infrastructure projects, the conversion of all external lighting to LED and the continual enhancements to the exiting airport terminal building.
The airport hosts the annual Festival D’Avion in late October each year.
Maness is a long-time resident of Moore County and lives in Whispering Pines. He and his wife Nancy are parents to two grown children, who live in North Carolina, along with six grandchildren.
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