Business View Magazine | October 2019

166 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 talking about upgrading and getting a bigger fleet of aircraft, so he’s going to need another big hangar,” Fuellner continues. “I’ll encourage him to build the hangar, himself, but if he wants us to do it, we will, and then rent him the hangar. It’s exciting to be working with this new individual. He took over an existing school and he’s considering venturing into a jump school - I’ve been trying to get somebody involved in that for years. We have a college right next door to us – Indiana University of Pennsylvania – and I’ve been working with them to possibly expand their operations and put some type of aviation-oriented school, here. We’d also like to build an EMS, an Emergency Medical Services facility/hangar. “We’re working with our engineering company on a new Master Plan and part of that plan calls for an Airport expansion. There’s a piece of land outside the Airport that the county is looking at to purchase to increase the Airport’s footprint and possibly put in some sort of air business park. We’re surrounded by different types of businesses; Indiana County Center for Economic Operations 801 Water Street | Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701 | 724-465-2511 INDIANACOUNTYCEO.COM 662 The Indiana County Jimmy Stewart Airport / Airpark: 5,500 FT. asphalt runway GPS precision based landing system Existing hangar space plus sites for new hangar development Re-fueling facilities Nearby business parks, office buildings, tourist attractions, and commercial car rental and taxi service. the majority of them utilize the Airport in one way or another, but we’re looking to expand that and, hopefully, draw in more aviation-oriented businesses – something that we can actually put a taxiway to their building to give them access to the runway.” The good news is that the Airport’s runway has just been lengthened from 4,000 to 5,500 feet and two brand new GPS approaches have been added. “So we are now a 21st century, all-weather airport,” Fuellner remarks. “We’ve had planes come in when the weather was terrible and all of a sudden, someone is sitting on my ramp. It’s amazing how that technology works. You can get in and out at any time. The other thing we have going for us is Indiana, itself. It’s a wonderful town. We have a fantastic area here; there are so many opportunities here in Indiana and I can see it growing. It’s a great opportunity for somebody in the aviation business, or anything aviation- oriented, to move into this facility.” PREFERRED VENDOR n Indiana County Center for Economic Operations www.indianacountyceo.com