Thank you to those who made arrangements for the opportunity to get answers from the Port of Olympia Regional Airport. I have attended two open houses last year (2022) at which I requested that Public Health become an evaluation criteria for master plan options and making selections. I have also asked that the airport begin to be a good neighbor, and install measuring devices for those pollutants that, based on scientific research, are harmful to life over time. Lead is one of several. The answer to all of those requests was No. It does not bode well for a Regional Airport as being a good neighbor. It would bring objective data to the table.
The problem with introducing commercial service into the present general aviation service airport is: once it is allowed, the airlines can arrive often and at all times of the day, and not bump up against FAA regulations. And an airport wants to have as many flights as possible. Best to keep commercial service away from Olympia Regional Airport, until they prove themselves to be good neighbors, and until the airline industry becomes more regulated again, so that the surrounding communities actually have some say.
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