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February 2, 2012

Renovations finished, airport prepared for Super Bowl traffic

Arthur Foulkes The Tribune-Star The Tribune Star Thu Feb 02, 2012, 05:04 AM EST

TERRE HAUTE — The Super Bowl may be a few days off, but the “touchdowns” have already started at Terre Haute International Airport — Hulman Field.

A half-dozen nicely dressed, Super Bowl-bound aircraft passengers walked through the newly renovated west end of the airport late Wednesday morning. They were greeted by Dave Patterson, executive director of the Terre Haute Convention and Visitors Bureau, and each was given “Touchdown Terre Haute” scarves as they walked through the terminal.

Several large-screen TVs, new furniture, new floors and a new “pilots lounge” were unveiled Wednesday morning, just in time for a big increase in airport traffic associated with Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis.

“This renovation has been a long time in coming,” said Chris Doll, president of the Terre Haute airport authority board. While the airport wanted to put its “best foot forward” for the Super Bowl, the renovations also will help market the airport to those in the aviation industry for years to come, he said.

“I think this is the start of something really great out here at the airport,” Doll said.

Hoosier Aviation, the private company behind the remodeling of the airport, is expecting between 50 and 80 aircraft to utilize Hulman Field during the extended Super Bowl weekend. In many cases, the aircraft are corporate planes that have dropped passengers in Indianapolis but are using Terre Haute as a place to refuel and wait out the big game.

At least three aircraft arriving for the Super Bowl, which will be in Indianapolis on Sunday, are flying in from outside of the United States, said Jordan Brown, who owns Hoosier Aviation with his wife, Nicole. One is coming from Mexico, another from South America and one from the United Kingdom, he said.

Some of the aircraft arriving this weekend will be corporate jets associated with the NFC Championship team, the New York Giants.

The majority of the aircraft will arrive on Super Bowl Sunday and leave the following day, Brown added.

“The weather looks like it’s going to be great,” said Nicole Brown. Hoosier Aviation is planning a big Super Bowl party for pilots and crew at the airport Sunday. With each aircraft having at least two crew members, the crowd could easily top 200.

Hoosier Aviation purchased the airport’s fixed base operators services last year. A facility with good fuel prices and a nice FBO is very attractive to pilots, said Darrel Zeck, public affairs director for the City of Terre Haute and a pilot.

“This [FBO] is right up there with the best,” Zeck said.

Hoosier Aviation is teaming up with the airport, the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce, the Terre Haute Economic Development Corp. and the City of Terre Haute for the “Touch Down in Terre Haute campaign, which is designed to promote the use of the airport during Super Bowl weekend.

For more information on Touchdown Terre Haute, visit www.touchdownterrehaute.com.



Arthur Foulkes can be reached at (812) 231-4232 or arthur.foulkes@tribstar.com.

 

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