The Driggs-Reed Memorial airport is a 7300′ by 100′ runway with a double wheel landing gear weight capacity of 75,000 pounds. In other words, we can handle big planes. The Huntsman patriarchs from Utah have a huge presence here with a five-star hotel on the way, and they needed a commercial airport to handle their customers.
In the event of a plane crashing at our airport it’s good to know that the Junior High would be the first to go. If the high school was the first hit we would lose that whole two-year educational investment! In other words: what were they thinking?
