Aviation View | April 2021

68 AVIATION VIEW APRIL 2021 all use any space, creating greater flexibility to match fluctuations in customer volume. “We have enough gates for our airlines, but if you have a flight that’s either early or a flight that’s late, and the gate that they would normally be on is used, they can go to another empty gate and use that and just log on,” says Meikle. “In other words, it’s a very fluid situation with the airlines, what it does is it enhances the useful life of the facilities. And this use of technology keeps us from having to build more bricks and mortar than we would normally have to build.” While common-use technology has helped delay the need for new construction, the seemingly relentless growth in activity has necessitated another expansion. In 2006, Fresno Yosemite International opened a state-of-the-art Federal Inspection Station to receive the airport’s first international flight from Guadalajara, Mexico. This made Fresno Yosemite International one of the few U.S. airports of its size with a fully operational Federal Inspection Station. 917-stall, four-level parking structure under construction