to little Honda jets. So, we have a constant flow of aircraft during that period.” “We have the South Dakota State Fair, which brings a lot of people in,” Cooper adds.“That’s a five-day fair that ends on Labor Day. We get quite a few aircraft in for that, including competitors and entertainers that come in, and a lot of people who fly in just to attend the fair. It brings people in from all over the United States. We have people from coast to coast and border to border. “Doctors come here out of Sioux Falls and Aberdeen. Additionally, the two big hospitals out of Sioux Falls –Avera and Sanford – fly medical ambulance flights in and out of here, which serves us and a lot of the surrounding communities. We average one medical flight a day, 365 days a year, which means that we may not have a flight today, but tomorrow, we may have five.There are several times that they’re in here multiple times a day.” “There are six or seven regular jet customers that are in here almost every week,” Cooper continues. 7 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 11, ISSUE 07 HURON REGIONAL AIRPORT
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