Business View Magazine | February 2019

79 this is one of them.And that has certainly worked out very well because contractors tend to not necessarilymake their work days from eight to five. Darold has come out all hours of the day and night to service jet traffic coming in or the fire planes.” Schultz reports that while there is still a “huge waiting list for hangars,” at Deer Park, construction has picked up, recently.“The Airport strictly leases the ground and then individual owners or private developers take it from there,”he explains.“In the last fewyears,we’ve added several new buildings. We had a group build a 140X140 hangar and they based a Falcon 900 there.They are planning to build extra buildings–more large hangars for jet traffic.We also have two smaller hangars–one has completed construction, one is almost complete. The Airport itself,with the FAA and the Washington State Department of Transportation Aviation grants, has added a large taxiway.We have another in the works and additional ramp space.”Schultz adds that his long-term agenda includes adding more light to medium-size jet aircraft while continuing to remain an inviting place for small, GA aircraft. Unlike some regional airports that double as gen- eral business parks,Deer Park has no non-aviation businesses on property. But it is located conve- niently, in fact, right across the street from a busi- ness and light industrial park,with many tenants who utilize the Airport’s facilities and services. “We have over 400 acres over there of developable land and much of it is already serviced with infra- structure,” says Loomis.“And we’re working, right now, on getting the basic infrastructure–roads,