Business View Magazine | February 2021

165 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2021 ST . GEORGE REGIONAL A I RPORT sealing the runway and taxi areas that were not redone in the last project, and are looking at updating their security camera and cloud storage systems. The Fixed Base Operator, (FBO) Above View Jet Services handles most of the aircraft maintenance on the field, as well as providing services for general aviation. They have a pilots’ lounge, regular and jet fuel, as well as a flight school. They too have continued to grow over the last few years. “It really seems that tourism is driving the travel right now,” Stehmeier muses, “and it has become more important than ever. One of the newest hotels in the city is the Hampton Inn and it was built close to the airport. It is a beautiful hotel and has become our sort of go-to partner. Couple that with the work that the Greater Zion Convention & Tourism is doing to promote us and put us on the map, so to speak. I think it can only get better.” FEEL AT home EVEN ON business. Book your stay at Hampton Inn & Suites while in St. George. Call (435) 656-9900 The Airport’s 35,000-sq.-ft. terminal building currently has a secure area that can hold 253 passengers. Most mornings that means it is at capacity, so continuing expansion is going to be a necessity. This year they have also put in a new maintenance building for snow removal equipment and are putting together tenders for a new ARFF (Airport Rescue Fire Fighting) vehicle. “Ours is 16 years old now,” Stehmeier notes, “and the FAA recommends that your primary vehicle cannot be more than 15 years old. We are putting together the specifications we need, then we will put it out to tender, and then it will be built for us. It is quite a process, but we should get a new one in the next year or so and then we can use the current vehicle as a secondary backup, which will be really nice just in case our first one goes down for maintenance.” They have also accomplished a new drainage project to fix the north and south ends of the runway with new retention ponds and drainage systems, are working on crack filling and fog