Business View Magazine - Dec 2023

transportation resource for the area. Featuring two runways, a modern 6,400-square-foot terminal building,and convenient parking options,the airport has continued to progress since its establishment. HISTORY AND GROWTH Show Low Regional Airport’s origins trace back to a US Forest Service special use permit, leading to its dedication in 1946. Initially, a dirt runway and a small terminal defined Show Low’s aviation landscape. Over the years, it has burgeoned into a Part-139 Commercial Service Airport, and in 1999 a modern terminal was added. Over the past decade, the airport has more than doubled its operations, as Jacob Allen, Show Low Airport Manager, conveys. “We have typically between 30 and 50 flight operations a day, which translates to approximately 20,000 operations per year.” He shares that the airport has recently implemented an Advanced Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system, a sophisticated flight tracking technology. The system is able to provide a comprehensive report, revealing a total of 13,236 operations since April of 2023. Breaking down these operations by type, Allen notes that 47% are air taxi, 1% commercial, 52% general aviation, and 1% are military operations, emphasizing the diverse nature of activities at the airport. FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE Covering 691 acres, the airport’s infrastructure includes two runways, the longer one spanning 7,200 feet and the other 3,938 feet. The city of Show Low owns and oversees the FBO, with Allen managing the linemen and fuel services associated with the operations at the airport. There are approximately 60 privately owned aircraft based at the facility, and private hangars are utilized for aircraft storage, while the city leases larger hangars to businesses on a multi-year basis. The City of Show Low in coordination with Dibble Engineering, Armstrong Consultants, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), have initiated a focused planning study aimed at reorienting the crosswind runway (Runway 4-22). The existing crosswind runway is not providing optimal wind coverage based upon the prior 371 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 12 SHOW LOW REGIONAL AI RPORT