Business View Magazine | February 2019

78 AT A GLANCE DEER PARK MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WHAT: A public-use, general aviation airport WHERE: Deer Park, in Spokane County, Washington WEBSITE: www.cityofdeerparkwa.com and one flight school that trains pilots from private licenses through to instrument and commercial rat- ings. Indeed, flight training from Spokane area air- ports comprises a significant portion of the Airport’s operations. Deer Park also serves as a fire tanker base in the summer fire season, offering the sur- rounding community quick response to fire events. Although owned by the City of Deer Park, the Airport has been contractuallymanaged for the past 22 years by Partner Enterprise LLC, and today is managed by Schultz’s Aviation LLC,with Darold Schultz, the current Airport Manager.“We’re rather unusual,” says Loomis.“There aren’t verymany airports in the country that are managed by con- tract individuals as opposed to city employees, and