Business View Magazine | January 2020

170 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 L T he Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, a primary commercial service airport with a strong general aviation presence, is three miles south of the City of Yakima in Yakima County, Washington and has been an important gateway to and from the Yakima Valley since the 1920s. Originally an 80-acre field of sagebrush, the Airport, once known as McAllister Field, was improved in 1932, by adding a 2,600-ft.-long gravel landing strip with a drainage system. Shortly afterward, the Airport was graded and surfaced for two runways, both of which were just over 3,000 feet. In 1940, the old runways were converted into taxiways and a new 5,000- ft. runway, as well as a second 4,000-ft. runway, was completed. In 1949, a new passenger terminal was constructed, which also housed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) control tower and the local National Weather Service office. In 1974, the FAA built a new control tower and in 1953, its first Instrument Landing System was installed. Air transportation services available at Yakima GROWING PRETTY GOOD Wings of Freedom