Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 1

80 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 S ituated just four miles outside the city limits of Gillette in Campbell County, Wyoming, the Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport (GCC) has convenient ties to the urban hub. The region is known for its contribution to America’s energy needs, and the City of Gillette has been dubbed the “Energy Capital of the Nation”. It is this vast source of coal and natural gas, with its many business opportunities, that drives most flights into the airport. “Most of our traffic into the airport is business related – I’d estimate 85% business and the rest is for leisure,” says Todd Chatfield, Executive Director at Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport. The majority of flights are general aviation (GA), with executives regularly flying in and out. However, the airport is also serviced by a commercial airline, SkyWest, which is a division of United Carriers. Currently, GCC connects only to Denver but before the T WYOMING REGIONAL AIRPORT R E A D Y T O S O A R