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Laramie Regional Airport is located in Laramie
Wyoming, home of the University of Wyoming,
Wyoming Technical Institute and a number of businesses and organizations. The
population of Laramie
is approximately 27,000.
Laramie Regional Airport was built in 1934 and was originally named Brees Field, after General Herbert Jay Brees
of the US Army. The original hangar still stands today. In 1944, the runways
were paved to allow hundreds of B-24 bombers to land at Laramie
and bring crews for rest and recuperation to the UW recreation camp in the Snowy Range.
In 1945 Summit Airways began to provide passenger service. The Brees Field Airport Board was formed in 1965 to oversee
airport operations. In 1992, the airport's board changed the airport's name to Laramie
Regional Airport. The terminal originally built in 1959 was remodeled in
1994. A fourth community heated hangar was completed at the end of 1997. Also
completed was a runway extension to accomodate larger
aircraft and a City of Laramie
airport water project. Future plans include bringing businesses out to the
airport industrial sites and increasing charters out of Laramie Regional
Airport.
Currently, Laramie Regional Airport
serves an average of 40 based aircraft, including private and corporate planes.
Additionally, LRA houses the University
of Wyoming's Department
of Atmospheric Research aircraft, used to conduct state of the art research.
Laramie Regional Airport is Part 139 Air Carrier Certified with trained
Aviation and Rescue Fire Fighting personnel and non-precision instrument
approaches. LRA also provides airport weather conditions via ASOS 135.475.
Laramie Regional Airport is operated and financed by the City of Laramie and Albany
County, and is governed
by a board appointed by a joint committee of the city and county. Each board
member is appointed to a five-year term and terms are staggered so that a new
board member is appointed every year.
The airport board meets the third Thursday of
every month, at 7:30 a.m., in the ARFF Building Conference Room.
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Jack Skinner,
Manager
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Andy Ryan,
Operations Manager
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LRA Board of
Directors:
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- George Krell, Chair
- Jim Nulle, Vice
Chair
- Wes Bressler
- Trent Kaufman, Treasurer
- Tim Stamp
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