Grant County Regional Airport

THE GRANT COUNTY REGIONAL A I RPORT Growth Boundary of the City of John Day and is designated as part of an Economic Enterprise Zone that confers specific tax benefits on qualified businesses. There is vehicle access to nearby Highway 26 and the adjacent John Day Industrial Park. The Airport sits at an elevation of about 3,700 feet, with two runways. The north/south Runway 17/35 is 5,220 feet long by 60 feet wide. The east/west Runway 9/27 is also 60 feet wide and 4,471 feet long. The east/west runway was recently shortened as part of a project to decouple the two runways to increase spacing on the airfield, and there are plans to add this length back onto the west end of runway 09 in the future. It’s one of two recent capital improvement projects. Walker reports, “We just wrapped up our corporate apron reconstruction project, where we made our corporate ramp apron a much safer and more accommodating area to operate aircraft, including the fire aviation aircraft.”