WAPPINGER – Dutchess County has signed a lease for the Sky Harbour aviation company to construct hangars to house up to 15 corporate jets at the county-owned Hudson Valley Regional Airport in Wappinger.
The hangars – up to 90,000 square feet – will be built on seven acres of airport property, said County Assistant County Executive Director Ron Hicks.
“Our airport is very competitive. We generate most of our economic activity based on fuel sales and the jobs that are created from the operations,” he said. “And now with our training facility – the aviation science center – we are creating new pilots; we are creating aircraft mechanics. In fact, the students going through these programs are getting job offers before they even graduate.”
Hicks said the airport does have jet traffic, but none of the aircraft are based there at present.
