Hector International Airport

147 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 open in early 2023. We also did some surface parking expansion to our paid parking lot by opening an economy lot that will hopefully be available to the public here within the next 30 to 60 days. We are upgrading the security system around the airport. We are in the process of signing a contract with an architectural- engineering firm to start the design of a major terminal expansion and modification project for which we hope to break ground in 2024. This will be adding space to the terminal building to put an additional four gates in place adding to the five we currently have.” “With the help of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration,” he continues, “we have also expanded our security checkpoints in the last few months. We now have a third lane, with standardized X-ray and screening equipment, and this has increased traffic flow - the third lane is a TSA precheck lane for those that go through that procedure, expediting the processing of passengers and minimizing wait times.”