Having worked in cities like Chicago, Philadelphia and San Franciso over the years, flying into Pasco was always such a treat for me. Small town goodness with easy in, easy out access. Actually, it's still that way for me even with all the upgrades, expansion and improvements. But volume has really increased for our little airport, just like the population of Tri-Cities has. With nearly 871,000 folks traveling through in 2019, that's 86,000 more than 2018. We'll be hitting a million per year any time now.

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