Business View Magazine | January 2020

140 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 AT A GLANCE FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT WHAT: A public-use airport WHERE: In San Juan County, New Mexico, a mile northwest of Farmington WEBSITE: www.fmtn.org/172/Airport FOUR CORNERS REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMERCIAL SERVICE RETURNING T he Four Corners Regional Airport is located in Farmington, New Mexico, the place where outdoor lovers and active families thrive. Situated on a high mesa near the confluence of four states –Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico - the Airport has two asphalt-paved runways: 5/23, which measures 6,500 x 150 ft., and 7/25, which measures 6,704 x 100 ft. Originally known as Farmington Airport, Four Corners Regional became a municipal airport in 1941. It began offering commercial passenger service in 1947, with Monarch Airlines, which flew to Albuquerque and Denver, and then, Salt Lake City. Monarch and two other carriers all merged in 1950 to create the original Frontier Airlines, which continued to serve Four Corners Regional, adding flights to Phoenix, until 1986. Other airlines that serviced the Airport over the years include: Mesa Airlines, which was