Business View Magazine l October 2022

236 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 INSPIRING CREATIVITY AND ECONOMIC THINKING Swift Fuels is a global research and development rm specializing in high performance aviation fuels and patented process technologies for re neries and midstream gas processing operations. Since 2012, our Avgas division has become a global leader in the advancement of high-performance unleaded aviation gasolines for piston aircraft. For more information about our industrial process research, visit: SwiftFuels.com To learn about our Avgas programs, please visit: SwiftFuelsAvgas.com 1435 Win Hentschel Blvd, Suite 205 West Lafayette, IN 47906 765 464-8336 from 2012 to 2020. In 2012, the self-service fuel island was upgraded, and the terminal building’s lobby and restrooms underwent renovations. A satellite-based low visibility approach was implemented in 2017; runway lighting, markings, and signage were improved in 2018; and there were runway rehabilitations in 2019. Watsonville Municipal has also become the first general aviation regional airport in the state to offer unleaded fuel. This would never have happened without the partnership of on-field fuel services such as Swift Fuels – who chose to make Watsonville the first regional-size airport where they set up operations. Williams feels this partnership has been a wonderful boon to the airport. Going forward, Williams acknowledges, “Much of what we will concentrate on first has to do with the security of our field. We are moving from the 1980s four-digit code to the more secure system with gate cards, for example. We are using the money coming in from the bipartisan