{"id":14993,"date":"2020-03-04T22:56:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T22:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14993"},"modified":"2020-03-04T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T22:58:15","slug":"williston-basin-international-airport-awarded-2019-commercial-service-airport-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/williston-basin-international-airport-awarded-2019-commercial-service-airport-of-the-year\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Williston Basin International Airport Awarded \u201c2019 Commercial Service Airport of the Year\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Left to right are, North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Executive Director – Kyle Wanner, Williston Basin International Airport Assistant Director – Ryan O\u2019Rear, Williston Basin International Airport Director – Anthony Dudas, and Airport Association of North Dakota President – Matthew Remynse.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Williston Basin International Airport has received the\nNorth Dakota \u201c2019 Commercial Service Airport of the Year\u201d award. The award was\npresented on March 3rd, 2020 at the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in\nMinot. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in\npartnership with the Airport Association of North Dakota. This award is for\nexcellence in community awareness, airport management, special events, and\nbeautification projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presenting the award was Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of\nthe North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, and Matthew Remynse, President of the\nAirport Association of North Dakota. Accepting the award for the Williston\nBasin International Airport was Anthony Dudas, Airport Director and Ryan\nO\u2019Rear, Assistant Airport Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accomplishments for 2019 were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Williston airport had a historical year in 2019 as the\nairport and community leaders successfully worked through the many challenges\nassociated with ensuring that a successful transition would occur from\n70-year-old Sloulin Field to the new airport site.  The Williston Basin International Airport is\nthe first new airport to open in North Dakota since the Bowman airport was\nrelocated in 2015 and the first new commercial service \u201cgreenfield\u201d airport to\nbe built in the United States since 2011. \nIncredibly, this project also set a record for the fastest amount of\ntime that a new \u201cgreenfield\u201d airport has been built in the modern era as it\nonly took eight years from the start of the planning effort to the opening of\nthe new airport. The new airport features a commercial terminal currently with\nthree boarding bridges and ability to expand to accommodate additional, a\nrunway with ability to accommodate larger aircraft, a restaurant and lounge,\nample passenger seating, children\u2019s play area, mother\u2019s care area, increased\ngeneral aviation areas, and a full-service Fixed Base Operator – Overland\nAviation. The new airport will better serve the community for many years to\ncome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past year, the Williston Airport showed support\nthrough several community events. The airport was active in Marketplace for\nKids, the Williston Convention and Visitor Bureau Easter Egg Hunt, and the\nannual Band Day Parade. Through these events, the airport can display airport\nequipment and educate people about the airport. The airport also hosted the\nfinal major event at Sloulin Field \u2013 the annual Williston Fly-In. The fly-in\nevent includes aircraft displays and rides, a pancake breakfast, laser tag,\nbounce castle, and fire truck displays. Airport staff dedicated many hours to\neducating high school students, service clubs, nonprofit organizations, and\nothers about the transition from Sloulin Field International Airport to\nWilliston Basin International Airport. Other events the airport hosted were VIP\nDay at the new airport, Community Day at the new airport, and the Greater North\nDakota Chamber CEO Roundtable. Over 4,000 people were in attendance for the VIP\nand Community Day events including the Williston High School cross country team\nwhich were allowed to practice on the new runway before opening the new\nairport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout 2019, The airport also saw a nearly 20% increase\nin airline passenger boarding\u2019s from 2018. The City of Williston is actively\nworking to attract and expand airline service destinations and options now that\nthe new airport is successfully operational.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Left to right are, North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Executive Director – Kyle Wanner, Williston Basin International Airport Assistant Director – Ryan O\u2019Rear, Williston Basin International Airport Director – Anthony Dudas, and Airport Association of North Dakota President – Matthew Remynse. The Williston Basin International Airport has received the North Dakota \u201c2019 Commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Williston-Basin-International-Airport-Award-Photoedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14993","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=14993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14997,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14993\/revisions\/14997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}