Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 9

175 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 9 CEDAR C I TY REGIONAL A I RPORT He elaborates, “Our cities’ tax revenues were up during this period due to a safe and calculated approach. Requesting others to use facemasks and social distance, but not completely shutting down the local businesses, allowed for an influx of people from the neighboring states of California and Nevada, which had heavier restrictions. We were still able to host baseball and sports tournaments, which allowed communities and businesses in Utah to survive the severe impacts of this pandemic.” With very little pause to their economic development, the airport has seen a 62 percent increase in runway usage. Notably, there’s been an uptake in traffic from arrivals via private jets according to the Fixed Base Operator (FBO), Sphere One Aviation, a Gate One Company. Currently, the airport offers a Delta connection through SkyWest Airlines, which transports passengers. But management has put a key focus on expanding the cargo supply chain. “Besides developing airline relationships we’re most excited about our cargo capacity,” says Holt. “By increasing the cargo that is distributed through Cedar City, we can showcase the value of establishing a business hub in the area.” Collaborating with the governor’s office, management at the airport want to bring more cargo business into Cedar City’s Port 15. Cedar City is ideally situated, logistically, between two major metro hubs on Interstate Corridor 15 – Las Vegas, Nevada and Salt Lake City, Utah. And there are multiple other destinations within trucking distance, including the L.A basin and Denver, Colorado. Also at its disposal is a rail network, which allows for a solid supply chain to operate. This in turn creates more opportunities for the local population to create and distribute products for the whole country via trucking, rail