I’d like to promote the thought of Anderson Airport as an operation that contributes to the economy of our city and county and should be an important consideration in our city’s presentations to potential business partners.
The city is rightly putting a tremendous amount of effort into attracting new businesses to this area. It is vitally important to present the city and county very positively to continue this effort. Many small, medium and large businesses have company airplanes and consider an airport to be an important part of their location strategy. The city has a very nice airport with two paved runways, one over 5,000 feet that capably handles business jet traffic, an air traffic control tower and published precision approaches to aid in meeting schedules during inclement weather. The airport is currently being upgraded with new fencing and taxi-way improvements (primarily federally funded) to increase safety and utility.
Aviation Associates of Indiana in Indianapolis completed an economic impact study in 2005 that suggested over $7 million flowed through the community by operations at the airport. Increased business operations would only improve this number.
Secondly, I would ask the planning commission to seriously reconsider the Mallard Lake Landfill zoning. This landfill’s proximity (slightly over two miles) to the airport will increase the potential safety hazards of bird strikes for airplanes operating at the airport. A landfill within a five-mile radius also threatens future federal funding availability.
Rodney French
Markleville
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Economical importance of Anderson airport
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