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Front Range Airport Authority is a political subdivision of the State of Colorado with the unique distinction of operating like a business because it is an airport-operated FBO. The Authority adheres to a policy of "Employment At-Will" and uses an enterprise fund to account for its operation in a manner similar to private business enterprises. The cost of providing goods and services to the aviation community on a continuing basis is financed and recovered primarily through user charges.

Front Range Airport is in a unique position to create an Aerospace Center by taking advantage of a need to meet the needs of leading edge technology. Governor Hickenlooper made an announcement at the December 7, 2011, Colorado Space Roundup that kick-started an opportunity not just for Front Range, but Colorado:

"I have charged Ken Lund, Director of Colorado's Office of Economic Development and International Trade to begin marketing Colorado's future spaceport capabilities, including identifying the best location for Colorado's first spaceport. Ken's office will continue to work with our aerospace community to further explore a spaceport strategy for the state.

"Studies show that tomorrow's winners in commercial space transportation will be facilities that are part of a world-wide network of point-to-point service.  And to begin with, those facilities need to be in a remote location that is nevertheless convenient to a metropolitan area and an airport with international service.

"It just so happens that Colorado already has such a site. Adams County's Front Range Airport sits on 4,000 acres of land, and is surrounded by 6,000 acres of non-residential, master-planned industrial complex. It has all the attributes of a remote facility, yet it is only 6 miles from the world's 10th busiest airport - DIA."

Preceding the event, the governor wrote a letter to the Associate Administrator of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation, stating Colorado intends to pursue through research and feasibility studies, as appropriate, our position as a "Proposed" Spaceport State.

Front Range has joined the race for space which will open opportunities for all segments of this great State. Please visit our Spaceport page for updated information.

If you have questions that our website doesn't answer, or if you have suggestions for our site, feel free to contact me personally at dheap@ftg-airport.com.

Dennis R. Heap
Executive Director