land. Granbury Regional Airport is fully focused on navigating a clearly defined growth path ahead, utilizing the local, state, and federal resources to get there. This dynamic regional aviation hub also continues to serve as the perfect gateway to a thriving and tourist-friendly economic region. With a host of infrastructure projects on the horizon and a clear focus on expanding flight training, maintenance operations as well as workforce development, Granbury is setting its sights high and riding on the headwinds of change. TAKING OFF WITH GREAT AMENITIES “We are a city-owned airport with a city-owned and operated FBO,” Cody J. Mathis, Director of Aviation for Granbury Regional Airport describes. “We offer friendly, personalized service.” Boasting a 5200-foot runway that opened in 2022 that can now fully support corporate jet operations as well as a brand new and state-of-the-art 4000 square foot FBO terminal building that opened to the traveling public in July, Granbury Regional Airport is getting far more than just a facelift as it meets growth numbers. A complete transformation is a better description that makes Granbury Regional a hard act to follow. Granbury Regional also provides a fuel farm set to double in fuel capacity shortly. “We just obtained a 100 low lead truck to fuel piston aircraft remotely. We have two Jet A trucks next to the FBO and we are going to build a fuel truck depot that will house a brand new tug that will be capable of maneuvering jet aircraft,” Mathis adds. These recent developments have been in the works for quite some time. As Mathis points out, the convergence of all the top-tier additions to the airport’s services as well as the increase in the airport’s overall capacity, is something to be very proud of. “The expansion and development of this airport for so many years now has just been speculation and wishing and to the point where it has just been rumors,” he reflects. “So for me to now be able to 55 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 04, ISSUE 03 GRANBURY REGIONAL AIRPORT
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