{"id":10866,"date":"2018-08-20T21:06:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=10866"},"modified":"2018-08-20T21:06:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:06:13","slug":"south-carolina-celebrates-aviation-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/south-carolina\/south-carolina-celebrates-aviation-week\/%20","title":{"rendered":"South Carolina Celebrates Aviation Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10867\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 210px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10867\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Stephens-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"James Stephens\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Stephens-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/James-Stephens.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">James Stephens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared Aug. 19-25 to be S.C. Aviation Week in a recent proclamation that also noted the importance and economic impact of the state&#8217;s six commercial airports, 60 general aviation airports, and five military airfields. Numerous events are being held throughout the week and involve both the S.C. Aviation Association and S.C. Aeronautics Commission.<\/p>\n<p>James Stephens, Executive Director of the Commission, said for the past few years his desire has been for the state\u2019s airports to open their doors, welcome the community in, and proclaim the \u201cvalue\u201d of their local airport. \u201cThis desire has been turned into a reality with the help of our partners at the South Carolina Aviation Association,\u201d said Stephens. \u201cThe Board of Directors and staff have been great to work with, and they are great advocates for aviation here in South Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephens also recognized the critical role of state legislators to the support of airports within the state and acknowledged the Federal Aviation Administration and the staff at the Atlanta Airports District Office. \u201cThis office is the portal from which comes federal grant and aid programs, and the staff there is integral to the funding and implementation of standards for our federally eligible airports,\u201d said Stephens.<\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina Aeronautics Commission recently completed an economic impact study of the state\u2019s system of airports. The study evaluated airport management, airport tenants, Boeing, capital investments at airports, and general and commercial aviation visitor spending.\u00c2\u00a0 Together, the jobs supported in and through the state\u2019s airports account for over 122,000 jobs in South Carolina.\u00c2\u00a0 The associated payroll is estimated to be $4.8 billion, and the spending in each of these areas is estimated at $11.5 billion, bringing the total economic impact in and through our airports to nearly $16.3 billion on the state\u2019s economy. \u201cThis is no small impact, and as such, represents the fact that aviation is critical to the state\u2019s economy and transportation infrastructure,\u201d said Stephens.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared Aug. 19-25 to be S.C. Aviation Week in a recent proclamation that also noted the importance and economic impact of the state&#8217;s six commercial airports, 60 general aviation airports, and five military airfields. Numerous events are being held throughout the week and involve both the S.C. Aviation Association and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-south-carolina"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10868,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10866\/revisions\/10868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}