Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 1

66 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 E ast Texas is certainly one of the most scenic places in the country. With farms and flowers, forests and trails, rose gardens and lakes – it is truly a place of beauty in every season. And Tyler, Texas is a city of more than 100,000 people smack dab in the middle of it. This thriving community is filled with restaurants and parks, as well as all the outdoor recreation you can imagine. “All of East Texas is really a beautiful area,” says Stephen Thompson, Airport Director for the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, “and a growing and developing area. We have a relatively younger population here in Tyler. There’s a lot of educational institutions, a lot of younger folks in the workforce, which translates to a very vibrant community with a lot of energy. Our people are really engaged and interested.” Thompson himself took over the post under a year ago and has fallen in love with the area. Tyler Pounds Regional Airport is located just south of Interstate 20 about halfway from Dallas to Shreveport and is a general aviation and commercial flight facility.