Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 2

64 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 S ituated in the growing and already large metropolitan area of Huntsville, Alabama, Pryor Field Regional Airport (DCU) is all about delivering the best to its communities. The booming development in this northern part of the Tennessee Valley is creating a lot of buzz, with multiple industries moving to the area to set up shop. The influx of business is a golden opportunity for the airport to spread its wings and soar. Adam Fox, Airport Manager of Pryor Field Regional Airport, is excited about all the new economic development growth in the area. He reports, “It’s an exhilarating time for us, as there are loads of different industries moving to the area – and aviation is the industry that connects them all.” Presently, NASA, the U.S. Army’s Redstone Arsenal, a Mazda Toyota manufacturing plant, and other key employers are present and active in the Huntsville metropolitan area. AT A GLANCE PRYOR FIELD REGIONAL AIRPORT WHAT: One of the busiest general aviation airports in the state WHERE: Tanner, Alabama WEBSITE: www.flydcu.com FIELD REGIONA AIRPORT R “ P U S H I N G F O RWA R D , W H I L E C I RC L I N G B A C K ”