Business View Magazine | February 2019

87 Airport, but we’ve got better access than the other GA airports which are more removed.” Rogers says that there have been some recent conversations about extending the Airport’s main runway to approximately 6,000 feet, as well as widening it to allow for the larger classification of jets to land there.“But because of where we are and what’s around us, I don’t think that’s a realistic goal,”he admits.“So, our goal is to work with the constraints that we have and grow the corporate side of the Airport, be a better reliever for the Little Rock National Airport, a better place for corporate jets to base here, continue to improve the ameni- ties that we’ve got for the GA side, and allow for more hangar development.” “I think for the first 20 or 30 years of the Airport, go- ing back to the early 2000s, the Airport was a very small, GA community,”Rogers says, in conclusion. “The mission of the Airport has changed in the last 20 years to be a stronger location for businesses and corporate activity.We’ve put a lot of money and time into the infrastructure–the lighting, the pave- ment, the asphalt, and we’ve been doing all that to make a top-notch infrastructure.We’ve got what we believe is one of the best airports in the State of Arkansas.And so, now,we’re focusing on growth and economic development and serving the needs of our corporate customers.” PREFERREDVENDORS NLR Jet Center –www.nlrjetcenter.com City of NLR Economic Development –www.nlr. ar.gov/government/a_z_department_list/economic_ development