The Jamestown Regional Airport continued operations through the coronavirus pandemic. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
Various COVID-19 signs are in place at the ticket counter at Jamestown Regional Airport. John M. Steiner / The Sun
Editor s note:
This story is part of the 2021 Essential to Jamestown special edition of The Jamestown Sun. The annual Progress Edition features stories on essential workers, agencies and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
Management of the Jamestown Regional Airport began planning for the coronavirus pandemic before the first case was reported in the area, according to Katie Hemmer, director of the facility. We actually started implementing things in February 2020, she said. When the regulations came in we were able to add signage almost immediately. At the time those things were implemented, travel numbers were dropping because of the travel restrictions so it wasn t difficult.
Courtesy of Jamestown Stutsman Development Corporation
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (JSDC) – Businesses across a number of industries have historically found Jamestown and Stutsman County, North Dakota to be very beneficial for their operations.
The presence of three industrial parks top that list of strategic assets, with one in particular, the Airport Business Park, currently ready for businesses looking for unique advantages.
The Airport Business Park is one of three industrial parks in the Jamestown area. It was created out of necessity as the I-94 and Bloom Business Parks approached capacity. The Jamestown Regional Airport partnered with the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corporation (JSDC) to lease over 80 acres to develop into shovel ready industrial lots.
BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – North Dakota’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 51,240 airline passenger boardings during the month of February, 2021.
This month saw the highest level of passenger traffic that North Dakota has experienced since the Covid-19 pandemic began and passenger levels dropped an astounding 95% in April of 2020. These current passenger counts are approximately 50% below pre-pandemic levels.
“We are excited to see the positive trend in airline passenger counts continue as we celebrate our best month since the pandemic began,” stated Kyle Wanner, Executive Director of the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission. “We also remain optimistic that penned up demand will further drive the airline industry’s recovery as we move forward in 2021.”
Planned National Guard armory site in Jamestown reconsidered
A project to build a National Guard armory at the Jamestown Airport Business Park is under review by the North Dakota Legislature. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
Groundbreaking in July 2018 signaled the start of construction of the Jamestown Airport Business Park. Plans announced in 2019 to construct a National Guard armory at the site will be reviewed by the North Dakota Legislature during its current session. John M. Steiner / The Sun
The North Dakota National Guard is reconsidering a plan to build a new National Guard armory at the Airport Business Park, according to discussions at the January meeting