Riverton Regional Airport (KRIW) served mostly by 19 seat aircraft, board told Friday morning

(Riverton, Wyo.) -The Riverton Airport Board learned Friday morning that most of the incoming commercial aircraft from Great Lakes Airlines are of the 19 passenger variety. “We have had very few 9 seaters, those are pretty rare,” said Marchane Hunt, Great Lakes station manager.

“No one has been left behind. If I know I have 23 passengers, I let them know and they’ll send up a Brasilia, they’ve done it twice for me,” she said. “Most of our morning traffic from here is going to Denver for business or doctor’s appointments, but the afternoon flights have passengers with connecting flights.”

Airport Board Chairman Dean Peranteaux noted that Great Lakes is now only flying into about a dozen airports, about half the number from a year ago as they adjust to new FAA regulations regarding the number of hours pilots can fly.

“Our on-time performance on flights from Denver is 75 percent while flights from Riverton to Denver arrive on time 71 percent of the time,” Airport Division Manager Paul Griffin reported. He said only five percent of Riverton’s flights were canceled in the past 60 days ending January 31st.

Enplanements from Riverton Regional numbered only 431 in January, compared with 711 from one year ago. Griffin noted that 20 flights were canceled in January out of 117 departures.

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