Business View Magazine | September 2020

178 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 state or the FAA, you have to have it in your ALP. Our current ALP was last updated in 2007. So, it’s definitely in need of an update. I’d like to see us use the land that we have; the majority of it is not being utilized. We have some property that we’re planning on using for non-aeronautical development, and we have some investors who would like to build on that land. At the moment, it’s under review by the FAA.” Hickman stresses that the Airport is resolute in wanting to expand and grow, and it has the support of the county and the surrounding community. “The Airport is a vital resource for the San Luis Valley for a number of reasons,” he states. “We’re the only commercial service airport in the Valley and we fly people in and out daily to go to the hospitals. We are making a lot of improvements, and with our budget, we’re doing the best we can. We also feel like our funding should be going up with our enplanements. We’re predicting we’re going to have over 8,000 enplanements this year to be eligible for