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Within months of taking the role of Airport Director in\nJanuary 2018, Dr. Robin Sobotta experienced a firestorm of challenges. As one\ncommercial service suddenly ceased all operations out of Prescott, she and her\nstaff worked to restore service at PRC, teaming with notable community partners\nlike Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in a collaborative effort. Their\ndetermination did not go unrewarded, as they announced a new commercial air carrier,\nUnited Express operated by SkyWest Airlines, to begin service in late summer\n2018. It became clear that major improvement projects would need a fast-track\nfor summer completion. Staff worked tirelessly to coordinate a major runway\nrehabilitation and key renovations to the 1948 terminal that will better\naccommodate passenger needs. \u201cThis reflects on City leadership, including staff\nand elected officials,\u201d says Dr. Sobotta of the City-wide collaboration. \u201cAlso,\nI want to thank our commercial air carrier United Express, operated by SkyWest\nAirlines, as well as our airport staff. We remain appreciative of the\ntremendous support that the City has received from the FAA Phoenix Airport\nDistrict Office and the FAA Western Pacific Region leadership and staff. Continued\nstrengthening of our inter-agency partnerships \u2013 at the Federal, State, and\nregional levels \u2013 will be critical to our future growth and success, as we\nelevate to Primary Commercial Service Airport status this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kristi Miller, Airport Management Analyst for PRC, stated in\na recent article: \u201cPrescott Regional Airport staff continue to work toward\nrevitalizing the airport, promoting airport and airline service, and\ncommunicating PRC\u2019s impressive $160M economic impact in the region. The growth and\ndevelopment will continue, with the expected 2020 addition of a new\n18,000-square-foot passenger terminal, and 2021 relocation of a major taxiway\n(currently in design).\u201d Prescott Regional Airport\u2019s teamwork, broad community\ncollaboration, and attentiveness to the needs of the area will continue to\nbring steady growth and needed services that benefit the entire region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the second award this year for Dr. Robin Sobotta,\nPhD, AAE, who also received 2019 Airport Executive of the Year Award from the\nArizona Airports Association. Dr. Sobotta has been playing a role in the\naviation community in Arizona for the last 17 years, including administration,\noperations, and public outreach at three commercial service airports and two\ngeneral aviation airports. She also has 17 years in aviation\/aerospace-focused\neducation, training, and research and is the Founding Chair of Embry Riddle\nAeronautical University-Prescott School of Business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prescott Regional Airport -Ernest A. Love Field (PRC) received a 2019 Outstanding Airport Award earlier this month at the Western-Pacific Region Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) annual conference. Located in Prescott, Arizona, the Airport experienced a wide range of challenges and changes in 2018 yet achieved impressive results by year-end. The FAA recognized the exponential growth, […]<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164","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=13164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13166,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13164\/revisions\/13166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}