Business View Magazine Jan-2019

80 S cappoose Industrial Airpark is a public use air- port located one mile northeast of the central business district of Scappoose, in Columbia County,Oregon. It is owned and operated by the Port of Columbia County, an Oregon port district and municipal corporation, on behalf of district residents.With approximately 60,000 operations per year, Scappoose is the second busiest, non-towered, general aviation airport in Oregon. “As many fields are, today, it’s a legacyWorldWar II field,” says Airport Manager, Craig Allison.“It was an auxiliary field for Fort Lewis,which is inWashington State near Tacoma. It was a very rough strip that was used for training and practice. It didn’t encom- pass a whole lot of surrounding area, but over the years, particularly since the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, after the Port became the owner,we have pursued a program of purchasing land and expanding the footprint of the Airport, as well as its facilities and