Business View Magazine l October 2022

223 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 NUT TREE A I RPORT Nut Tree Airport is two years – although there still are tie-downs available for itinerant traffic. They are looking at constructing both T-hangars for smaller planes, but also several larger corporate hangars for the expected jet traffic of the biotech companies. Hangar rentals and fuel sales are two of the biggest sources of revenue. “Another business that has been really busy of late is our Wing’s Flight School,” says Crechriou. “There is of course a shortage of pilots, but it just seems like the young people are becoming more interested, more involved… which is a good thing, because it often seems that aviation has an aging population. Along with business park that surrounds the airport, and we have both warehousing and a nice biotech space which would be perfect for growth in that area. I believe this is going to impact the airport. Being the gateway to the north Bay region, we are already a large general aviation airport with around 140 aircraft based here. And it’s a unique mix of aircraft. We have a significant number of World War II military- style planes, as well as older historical planes on the field, and a nice variety of general aviation aircraft. We also have Icon, the aircraft manufacturer, who fly in and out of our airport.” The current waiting list for hangar space at