Business View Magazine Jan-2019

82 larger hangar for a business client or somebody that wanted something along those lines.We do have a pretty robust market going on in corporate business clients that want to look at bigger facilities, and I have one in the works, right now, that’s a 27,000-sq.- ft. hangar building with offices and such for an aircraft charter operation.We also have, in the wings, some rough proposals to do some of the larger, corporate type hangars, but nothing’s materialized in terms of a serious project.” While some small regional airports double as general business parks,Allison says,“All our busi- nesses at the Airport are, in some way, aviation- related-whether it’s as manufacturers or repair services, flight training, or the FBO.We’re very closely tied to the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program and the grants they offer. So,we fall under their rules in the grant provisions, among which is the land that we either bought with their money, or has been improved with their money,must be devoted to aviation purposes. So,we really couldn’t bring in, say, a car dealer, or something like that.” Regarding local competition,Allison states that Scappoose is in more of a complementary posi- tion with respect to the other airports in the area, although it does offer several advantages to certain aircraft owners.“The big kahuna in the neighbor- hood is Portland,”he notes,“which is about 25 miles south of us.They have Portland International and all of those services, and there are two satellite airports to the east and west.One is Hillsboro and the other is Troutdale.Hillsboro is a very busy spot; it’s a big flight training, as well as corporate aircraft, location.Troutdale is a little sleepier -a little more of a GA facility.We’re a little further out than either one of those, but our GA tenants tend to be local, or they really like flying in an environment that doesn’t have a tower and is not within the TCA (Terminal Control Area) of Portland,which is the case with us. It’s very easy in and out; very inexpensive, relatively