Decatur Airport

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 10 DECATUR AI RPORT majority of the corporate and commercial aircraft that are built and serve across the United States.” He adds that the airport currently enjoys United commercial service to and from Chicago’s famed O’Hare International Airport. With a population of over 70,000, Decatur boasts a large corporate community, with many Fortune 500 companies, such as ADM (or Archer- Daniels-Midland) and Caterpillar. Decatur’s facility is designated as a gateway airport because of all the corporate traffic from the local business community, as Wright notes. He also spoke of the airport’s FBO, or fixed- based operator: Gaitros Aviation, LLC. Gaitros has the two biggest hangars for corporate jets. Post-COVID, security at the airport has remained the same, as Wright reveals. Homeland Security facilitates the airport’s security program. The COVID factor also ties in with the nationwide pilot shortage. Wright cites the airport has several CFI’s on the airport for flight instruction and