Aviation View | April 2021

66 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K ai16135968009_BusinessView 021721.pdf 1 2/17/2021 3:20:01 PM International Airport is even farther. This combination not only makes Fresno Yosemite International the primary airport for the central valley, but it also impacts passenger behavior. “We have a large geographic catchment area here in Fresno that serves the airport,” Meikle explains. “In other words, people will drive in from quite a distance that you wouldn’t normally take an Uber or Lyft on. And so the parking rate at this airport hovers around 50 percent, meaning 50 percent of the passengers who fly out of our airport use the parking lot. Normally for an airport our size, it’s about 37 or 38 percent use the parking lot. That’s a huge difference. So we have a high utilization rate for parking.” The new parking garage will help address that need. It’s expected to have 917 spaces. Spots that comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements will be located in covered areas