Atlantic Aviation runs the Rifle airport, and they’re sinking some serious money in for upgrades.
The Rifle airport has a new 30,000-square-foot hangar. It’s heated. It also has office space. Atlantic Aviation redesigned the airport’s lobby and its pilot’s lounge. According to a press release from Garfield County, now both have more “elegant mountain lodge décor.”
Rifle is a busy airport. At times, it’s the third busiest in the state, in terms of private aviation. Many planes are diverted to Rifle from other airports when weather is bad.
In 2016, Garfield County pitched in $4 million and gave the airport a new entrance.
