Cedar City Regional Airport

8 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 11 the airport for leasing out to businesses.” Returning to the topic of Southern Utah University’s flight school, he reveals that it was originally catered for helicopter pilots. However, since the school has expanded its efforts to include airplanes as well, things have grown at an exponential rate. Galetka says the school serves some 300 students in its flight training program. This will, as he points out, have positive implications for America’s ongoing general dearth of pilots: a phenomenon unique to recent years, when, due to COVID and other such factors, many pilots have opted to take early retirements, thus creating a real void. “I think they have 25 based helicopters here at Cedar City and about 17 fixed-wing airplanes,” he says, adding, “They’re cranking out students and pilots for this industry that we’re in, where we have a great pilot shortage. I know they have a partnership with SkyWest Airlines to get them pilots and in the right seat as soon as they’re out of school, which is fantastic. They’ve been producing a lot of pilots for the industry. We love that here in Cedar City.” That high elevation helps give a real advantage