Business View Magazine | March 2020

191 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 HAGERSTOWN REGIONAL A I RPORT available for development, and he would like to see more corporate flight departments come to Hagerstown in the future. Plessinger oversees a full-time staff of 11, and another 15 part-time employees. He reports that the Airport’s operating budget is currently self-sufficient and receives no funding from the county aside from the county’s required local match when receiving federal and state grants for capital improvement projects. In fact, a recent study from the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Aviation Administration estimates that the business activity on the Hagerstown Regional Airport stimulates about $21,463,000 in state and local taxes; has business revenue of $130,104,000; and provides 1,763 airport workers a total annual income of $104,316,000. Plessinger believes that Hagerstown has several advantages over other nearby facilities. “On the commercial aviation side, for our Allegiant