Business View Magazine | November 2020

187 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 THE HEART OF GEORGI A REGIONAL A I RPORT the modern business jet airplanes that are becoming so important in one industry after another.” Today, the Heart of Georgia Regional Airport is owned and operated by Heart of Georgia Regional Airport Authority and is overseen by a seven-member Board of Directors, made up of two members from the Eastman City Council, two members from the Dodge County Board Commissioners Office – one is a sitting board member from each of those, and one is an at-large appointment - and two members from the Dodge County-Eastman Development Authority – one is a board member, one is an at-large appointment. The seventh member is appointed by the Georgia House of Representatives. The Airport’s original 4,500-ft. runway was lengthened to 6,506 feet in 2004, and equipped with a precision instrument landing system and a landing capacity of 100,000 pounds. A new terminal and tower were completed in 2005. The