Business View Magazine | February 2019

77 fered property to the northeast of the active aircraft movement area.The missile was installed, but later decommissioned in 1965,when the generation of Atlas missiles was replaced by the Titan II and the Minuteman. Aviation uses at the Airport gradually grew over the following decades.“About 25 years ago,we started putting significant effort into improving the Airport’s infrastructure- the pavement, getting instrument approaches here, and reallymaking it a first-class, regional airport,” says former Airport Director, Penni Loomis. In fact, over the past two decades, several million dollars in federal and state airport aid grants have been awarded to the City of Deer Park, allowing it to rebuild two of the original runways and upgrade its navigation aids. Today, the Airport is the home base of 117GA aircraft, two maintenance and restoration shops,