Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 12

169 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 12 SEE WHAT’S POSSIBLE THE EASTERN EDGE online.eou.edu • 25+ Online Programs • Undergraduate & Graduate • Flexible and Affordable • 11 Regional Centers Call Today 855-805-5399 GRANT COUNTY REGIONAL A I RPORT pandemic did not negatively affect traffic numbers over the last two years. In fact, in some respects, it got busier. The Emergency Operations Center for Grant County was originally based at the airport at the beginning of the pandemic. The flight activity was down a small amount at first, but even then, it was not significant. Walker chalks this up to the fact that flying is an excellent, safe, and even a solitary activity and there was growth in terms of people using the airport as time went on. “Our latest infrastructure project has to do with widening the runways,” Walker says. “It is going to be a great safety improvement for the airport. The FAA recently moved our airport into the B-II classification due to an increase in flight operations with larger aircraft. We qualify because we had over 500 flight operations last year, but it means our runway needs to be safer to support those folks that are already flying in. We are going to be widening and rehabilitating Courtesy of Straw to Gold