The San Luis Valley Regional Airport

attracts helicopter manufacturers and owners for high altitude testing and training. The Airport’s full-service FBO – the only one in the San Luis Valley – is Centric Aviation, which provides fuel and pilot services. Depot Avionics Inc. provides avionics sales and service. Hickman reports that this summer, ALS is embarking upon a $7 million taxiway reconstruction project. “The Airport received a supplemental appropriation grant from the FAA to cover the full cost of that project,” he notes. “That was a good thing for us. Not many airports get that type of funding without any match, but the FAA sees it as a priority. That pavement is definitely in need of reconstruction.” “Over the last few years we’ve done a lot of capital projects” Hickman adds. “One of them is the wildlife perimeter fence; it’s approximately eight miles of fence that encompasses the whole Airport. We had a lot of issues with wildlife,