{"id":16271,"date":"2020-08-24T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16271"},"modified":"2020-08-24T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T16:20:27","slug":"natas-general-aviation-advancing-america-initiative-lands-at-airports-across-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/colorado\/natas-general-aviation-advancing-america-initiative-lands-at-airports-across-colorado\/%20","title":{"rendered":"NATA\u2019s General Aviation Advancing America Initiative Lands at Airports Across Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, the National Air Transportation Association\u2019s (NATA) \u201c<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nata.aero\/runway-of-prosperity-town-halls\/past-gaaa-events\">General Aviation Advancing America<\/a><\/em>\u201d initiative took flight, landing at seven total regional airports throughout Colorado. NATA Senior Vice President Ryan Waguespack led focus groups with essential community and aviation stakeholders in Loveland, Longmont, Salida, and Meadow Lake to discuss how rural airports serve as a runway for economic development, job recovery, and emergency response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The economic impact of regional airports throughout\nColorado is significant. Combined, the four named airports (Northern Colorado\nRegional Airport, Vance Brand Airport, Harriett Alexander Field Airport, and\nMeadow Lake Airport), along with their respective tenants, create 1,879 jobs\nand disperse more than $143M in annual revenue to their local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe General Aviation Advancing America gatherings are\ndesigned to encourage open dialogue among a focused group of key participants\non how general aviation stakeholders facilitate the success of the community.\nAdditionally, this platform provides forums for collaborating on how we can\nbest support and promote the significant, meaningful contributions the airport\nand its tenant businesses provide,\u201d stated NATA Senior Vice President Ryan\nWaguespack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to witness the outpouring of support for\nNATA\u2019s initiative, General Aviation Advancing America, we are receiving from\nmembers and communities throughout the country,\u201d added NATA President and CEO\nTimothy Obitts. \u201cThese essential businesses all have great stories and we are\nhonored to serve as their national voice in making sure they are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic and the recent wildfires have\nfurther highlighted the importance of general aviation. We are fortunate to\nhave a strong, diverse, and resilient general aviation community in Northern\nColorado and the Airport is home to many great businesses that support a wide\nvariety of essential services and activities,\u201d said Aaron M. Ehle, Planning\n&amp; Business Development Specialist at the Northern Colorado Regional\nAirport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Greeley-Weld County Airport is one of the\nbest-situated airports in the area for both operational capabilities (two\nrunways, 99% wind coverage component) and easy access to several metro areas\n(1hr to Denver metro, 45 minutes to Fort Collins metro). The airport users\nbenefit from the lowest lease rates in the region, competitive tax rates, and\nmanagement that welcomes all types of development. The airport is\nself-sustaining and works to diversify income streams through energy\ndevelopment, non-aeronautical leases, and several other avenues to fund\nprojects and keep costs down for its aeronautical users,\u201d stated Cooper\nAnderson, C.M., Airport Director at the Greeley-Weld County Airport. \u201cThe City of\nGreeley and Weld County both work with the airport to continue the progress\nthat has been made and consider the airport as an asset to the community. The\nairport has seen significant growth in the past 5 years and is on the cusp of\nits next great expansion. You will hear many airport tenants call Greeley-Weld\nAirport &#8220;the hidden gem of Northern Colorado&#8221; and it&#8217;s easy to see\nwhy when you see what we have going on out here.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NATA\u2019s General Aviation Advancing America may be landing\nat an airport near you, please check bit.ly\/2020GAAA for upcoming events. If\nyou are interested in hosting at your airport, please contact Ryan Waguespack\nat <a href=\"mailto:ryanw@nata.aero\">ryanw@nata.aero<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the National Air Transportation Association\u2019s (NATA) \u201cGeneral Aviation Advancing America\u201d initiative took flight, landing at seven total regional airports throughout Colorado. NATA Senior Vice President Ryan Waguespack led focus groups with essential community and aviation stakeholders in Loveland, Longmont, Salida, and Meadow Lake to discuss how rural airports serve as a runway for economic [&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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colorado"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271","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=16271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16272,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16271\/revisions\/16272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}