Lunken Airport, Cincinnati Soaring Asset

Lunken& Airport serves as a vital transportation hub, supporting business activities, creating jobs, and contributing significantly to the overall economic vitality of Greater Cincinnati. As a general aviation, municipal airport, it plays a crucial role in driving local economic growth and enhances regional connectivity. Municipal, general aviation airports, like& Lunken, are particularly valuable for corporate and small business aviation. They provide convenient access for corporate executives and employees, facilitating face-to-face meetings, client visits, and business expansion opportunities. The flexibility and efficiency offered by these airports make them indispensable for large and small companies. A general aviation airport is a public-use airport that does not have commercial service or has scheduled service. Typical operations include business flying, personal flying, industrial flying, and charter activity, aerial photography, law enforcement, banner towing, skydiving, sightseeing flights, medivac, organ transplant transport, search and rescue. Research by the Transportation Research Bureau has shown that improved airport connectivity strengthens economic activity in surrounding areas.& Their study& found that adding flights to a new destination generated more economic effects than increasing capacity to an existing destination. On average, connecting a metropolitan area with an extra destination created 223 jobs and 15 new business establishments. This demonstrates how municipal...