Aviation View July 2023

72 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 Moscow is an ideal conference and meeting destination. We offer big city amenities and small-town charm. Whether your meeting is for 20 or 2000 people, Moscow has the right venue for you. Moscow makes meetings active! Head out to get some fresh air on one of our many hiking or biking trails. Take in a round of golf at one of our local golf courses. We’ve got several places in town that rent equipment, making it easy for you to get outdoors. If retail therapy is more your style, hit up the eclectic boutiques on Main Street, as well as Moscow’s award-winning Farmers Market. Moscow makes meetings Unique! Downtown Main Street is filled with charming boutiques, art galleries, coffee shops, and fine dining featuring locally sourced food. Moscow also has several local breweries and regional wineries that feature locally grown artisan grains. Moscow makes meetings accessible! Our airport offers direct daily flights from Boise and Seattle. Moscow is Idaho’s most walkable city, from the beautiful campus at the University of Idaho, to the tree-lined streets of downtown Moscow, and the biking and walking paths that connect the heart of the city to the communities beyond. For more information, visit: visitmoscowid.com In 1932, three things came together to move folks beyond landing in the alfalfa fields. Members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) at the State College, the legion, and the chamber of commerce all became concerned about National Defense. Secondly, people really wanted an airport. Third and perhaps most importantly, there was a record crowd coming to the Washington State, California 1932 Football championship. One could honestly say that they built the airport for a football game. 1932 was a long time ago, but football, as well as all university sports travel, from the two leading state universities just miles apart, accounts for much of the corporate travel at Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. Today the airport covers an area of 1,011 acres with one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23, which measures 7,101 by 150 feet. “I started here in 2011,” explains Tony Bean, Airport Executive Director, “under a fleet transition by Alaska Airlines from a 32-seat Dash 8 to the76-seat Q400. . Our runway to taxiway separation was too close together for that size of aircraft and the FAA came to both Cities with the choice of meeting standards for the new aircraft with federal assistance requiring local matching funds or losing our air service to the region. And so, $158 million later, we have just closed the books on a full runway realignment program.” Because of the natural geography, a series of low rolling hills create a region known as The Palouse which limits available land. Back in the 30s the area was a creek bed that was fairly flat amongst the hills and built a runway – but making it larger was virtually impossible. The decision was made to completely reconfigure the property and move the runway. Which turned out to be quite extensive. “We ended up creating the largest wetland mitigation area in Eastern Washington,” Bean says. We moved 8,000,000 cubic yards of PULLMAN MOSCOW REGIONAL AI RPORT