Business View Magazine | April 2021

125 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2021 SAWYER COUNTY A I RPORT quite easy and allows you to move from runway to hangar without complication.” As part of the rehab project in 2014, a wildlife and security fence was installed around the entire airfield with four motorized gate access points. Leslie acknowledges, “That was important as the volume of jet traffic took off. Of course, it was equally important to keep the runway clear for smaller aircraft. but when you’re talking about landing speeds of around 50 miles an hour for a piston prop versus 110 miles an hour for a jet, wildlife strikes become a big deal.” Two years ago, in July of 2019, Leslie founded the FBO Hayward Aviation. He had purchased all the fuel tanks, hangars, and other equipment from L&L Aviation – the FBO his parents had founded in 1989. Leslie has been a full-time employee of Sawyer County Airport since 2008, managing all operations at the airport for the municipality.