Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 1

31 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 L INCOLN A I RPORT there is a lot happening at the airport, outside of flying aircraft.” BVM: Tell us about the exciting new terminal project! Haring: “It’s about a $56 million project – the largest single project that the airport has done in its history. The terminal has been discussed in some fashion for over two decades. It was built in 1974, so as time has gone by things needed to be addressed, and the events of 9/11 certainly exacerbated that issue. It just wasn’t designed with TSA and checkpoint regulations in mind. That’s where the conversation started. “We realized pretty quickly that there wasn’t a short-term fix. Every time we tried to fix one of the core problems, we created two more 10 colleges could come in and vice versa, the Husker sports teams also use LNK to fly to most of their away games. “We just won the Lincoln Tourism Development Award, which we’re really proud of. We received it not only because of aviation, but for all the other things that our airport does to support tourism in our community.” Haring: “We work closely with Lincoln Convention & Visitors Bureau, and their big news is that Lincoln was just selected to host the Blue Angels for an air show in 2023. We’re always really excited when the Blue Angels are here – that event will bring in about 250,000 people over a two-day period. The SCCA Solo National finals are also held here at Lincoln Airport which brings in thousands of people, so