Aviation View - Dec 2023

126 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 3, ISSUE 4 Recognized by the Upper Valley Business Alliance as the 2023 Large Business of the Year For more info and to see available positions visit www.geokon.biz/jobs hospital associated with Dartmouth College,” he adds. “and they do an incredible amount of internal research and research with medical supply firms in the area. We’re in a convenient location for all of these different businesses, and we’re in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont, so we’re right on the border of Vermont. We have towns that rely on the airport on both sides of the border.” A BRIGHT FUTURE The airport’s terminal, built in 1980, is comprised of some 17,000 square feet, says Gross. He adds that improvement projects soon set for completion include renovation to the building’s electrical systems and replacing all of the terminal windows, the exterior siding, interior lighting and the carpeting. “We made the building brighter and more energy-efficient,” as Gross points out. “We’ve also reconfigured the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) checkpoint here in the terminal building to accommodate some of the newer screening equipment for checked baggage.” He further adds that for both corporate and general- aviation pilots, Granite Air Center offers first class service. “They offer conference rooms for people flying in, if they need to meet their local contingent at the airport,” as Gross points out, “and they also offer crew vehicles, crew rest areas and briefing rooms, catering, fueling and hangar space.” He also notes that the Lebanon Municipal Airport is in a prime location. Looking to the future, he opines that acquiring a major carrier would be very good. However, achieving that, says Gross, is “really going to depend, I think, on advanced technology and how that changes aviation.” As an example, he informs that Cape Air is one of the launch customers for an electric-powered