Business View Magazine | February 2019

86 and then building a new private hangar on an apron we just got a state grant for to build that would allow for six new private hangars,”Rogers adds.“The FBO buildings that we have out here were built 30-40 years ago, and do not accom- modate the size of airport that we are now. So, our hope is to build a brand new, beautiful, state-of-the- art terminal/FBO building and have a restaurant attached that looks out over the Airport. It would be themed restaurant and destination attraction for those in the area as well as people flying in.” Another priority for the Airport is continuing to at- tract more corporate and transient aviation, and in that regard, Rogers believes that North Little Rock has some definite advantages over some nearby facilities.“A lot of who we compete with in the area is the Little Rock National Airport,”he notes. “They’ve got a private side that serves the GA and corporate community. Recently their main FBO was bought out byTACAir,which implemented a lot of new rental fees and tie-down fees that we don’t have here. So,we’re cheaper, and our fuel is cheaper.Also,we don’t have a tower and we don’t have commercial traffic, so we stress that we’re easier to get in and out of.There are a couple of other airports that we consider competitive in the sense that we know that those pilots have a choice of where they land and fuel up, but I think we stand out as far as our size and location and proximity to the Little Rockmetro area’s hotels, restaurants, and night life.The GA airports in our area are a little bit farther out from the metro area. So,we’re smaller and more convenient than the Little Rock National