Business View Magazine | December 2019

215 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 THE WINNEMUCCA MUNI C I PAL A I RPORT A current construction project at the Airport is an expansion of that same heavy aircraft apron and hardstand. “That’s the big and only project for this year,” says Heiser. “This project was originally going to include the general aviation apron as well, but there wasn’t enough funding for this year because the bids came back much higher than expected. We will have to go on and improve the general aviation apron in the next couple of years. We do have our five-year Airport Capital Improvement Plan with the FAA. The plan includes acquiring some snow removal equipment and doing some additional work on the heavy ramp. And then, we always do a general pavement rehabilitation project, which includes crack sealing, maybe a fog seal, and we do those about every three to four years, so that will be coming up also.” “Within our Airport Plan, we also have plans for extending the length and width of our larger runway to 9,000 by 150 feet,” Heiser adds. “We have the land needed to do that, but it’s a very