Excerpt from: Ski Communities and New Developments
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| July 02, 2009 | | Interest in an airport to serve jets sharp in Sun Valley | The Sun Valley ski resort does have an airport nearby -- in Hailey, Idaho. However, the airport does not serve jets. Bruce Willis wants to remedy that problem by building an airport in the area that could possibly serve 150 monthly jet take offs. Summit Daily reports on the debate swirling around adding another airport to the Sun Valley ski resort area:
Meanwhile, squabbling continues about whether the Ketchum and Sun
Valley resort area needs a new airport. The existing airport is located
at Hailey, about 20 miles down-valley from the resort community. Larger
jets cannot use the airport safely, however, and expansion seems
impossible owing to nearby residential development.
Instead,
local officials have been looking to build another airport - one in the
general vicinity of Willis's proposed airport. Freed of geographical
constraints and other development, such an airport could perhaps allow
Sun Valley and Ketchum the sort of air portal enjoyed by Vail,
Steamboat and other destination resorts.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out, and whether Bruce Willis will get his airport.
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