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According to a release from the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission, GFK administrators were presented with the award at the FLY-ND aviation conference on March 8, in Fargo. Ryan Riesinger, executive director of GFK, accepted the award on behalf of the Grand Forks Airport Authority, airport staff and tenants.
Ryan Riesinger, executive director of GFK, said it’s the highest ranking the airport has achieved.
Grand Forks' first snowstorm of the season dumped more than a foot of snow with little sign of letting up Tuesday evening as blizzard conditions blasted the Red River Valley.
More than 80 airports could be impacted unless buffer zones are installed around them.
Allegiant Air has resumed service in Grand Forks and Delta Airlines has upped the number of round-trip flights to Minneapolis to four per day.