Business View Magazine | January 2020

151 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 GREAT FALLS INTERNAT IONAL A I RPORT freighter flights to Memphis. “If you’re from the higher end of corporate aviation and you rely on reliability—like a FedEx, where you need to get in here, every day, no matter what—we have that Category III runway and no one else in the State has one,” Faulkner confirms. The Airport’s 10,500-foot runway is among the most advanced in the country; equipped aircraft can operate at the Airport in nearly all weather conditions. “For our elevation, that is a substantial runway,” Faulkner says. “We have terrific infrastructure for the airfield. It’s a key component of our strategic advantage. That, and we’re affordable. Many of the other Northwest airports have grown dramatically. The communities, even, have grown dramatically in the last 20 years. Great Falls just sort of missed that development cycle. We really feel we’re kind of Montana on a budget up here in Great Falls. If you want to be in Montana, Great Falls is a great place to do that at a reasonable cost.” The Airport completed paving work on its