Business View Magazine | December 2020

243 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2020 ROCKY MOUNTA IN METROPOL I TAN A I RPORT air.” So the decision was made to cut $1 million from the operating budget and cease most of the projects that were under development. The uncertainty of the times played havoc on long- range planning. “For multiple reasons, COVID did not affect our airport,” says Anslow. “Both my FBOs told me they were keeping their company’s operations afloat around the nation with their operations here. Our flight schools were also a having banner year, better than ever before. We’ve already had our best year since the 1970s in terms of fuel sales and operations. So, we are very happy about that. We are at 100 percent capacity. We have companies looking to develop and build out here and things have been going gangbusters.” In the midst of this growth, Sheltair Aviation Services LLC has opened its new terminal and hangar spaces at RMMA after a little more than a year’s worth of construction. The project is anchored by a 10,400-square-foot terminal and 4,455 square feet of office space, along with 11 acres of apron space and 31,050 square feet of cabin-class hangar space for airplane storage. Sheltair broke ground on the project last August. “Our new complex and the related services we provide the general aviation community ensures that we can not only meet but exceed the needs of this important and growing market,” Sheltair President Lisa Holland said in a statement. “Sheltair is a family-owned business,” says Anslow, “and when you sit down with them at meetings it is like sitting down with your family. And their vision and our vision for this airport are aligned. They see the way this airport is growing or is positioned to grow, and it is absolutely teamwork. We have done some projects together and we have some things in the works, but by sitting down with Craig Foster, their manager here, and Todd Anderson, their Chief Operating Officer out of Orlando, we have accomplished some great things and they