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2024-01-25 (6) LWS Peeps. This page is about the LNPC Airport, but I know many people in the LC Valley utilize the Bois...
01/25/2024

2024-01-25 (6) LWS Peeps. This page is about the LNPC Airport, but I know many people in the LC Valley utilize the Boise flight from the Moscow-Pullman Airport. Alaska is cutting it’s flight schedule in June, July and August to just one flight per day.

This flight was established after the University of Idaho and Washington State University agreed to pay Alaska Airlines a subsidy of $500,000, with the UofI paying $400,000 of that.

My guess is that the pilot shortage has caused Alaska to have to trim service this year during the peak summer travel season.

Links to the online articles about this are below, but I have also attached screen shots from the linked articles to this post.

Regards - Joe Gish, LNPC Airport Board Commissioner

https://simpleflying.com/alaska-airlines-cut-6-routes-march-2024/

https://dnews.com/local/ui-will-pay-400k-to-subsidize-flights-between-pullman-boise/article_c88c3dfb-8235-503f-bd7d-1a079e3db833.html

2024-01-10 (2) LWS Peeps – Is there a way to determine the Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport’s value to the community? ...
01/10/2024

2024-01-10 (2) LWS Peeps – Is there a way to determine the Lewiston Nez Perce County Airport’s value to the community? Well, the Idaho Transportation Department calculates this value once every 10 years with their latest report published in 2020.

In 2020, the ITD calculated the Total Economic Impact of LWS at $73.5 million! Compare this to the 2024 total Operating and Capital Budget expenses of $2.13 million, and the airport provides an amazing return on investment for our community and the State of Idaho. The full report can be found at the link below.

Another interesting factoid is that in 2024 the airport expects to receive $3.1 million in grants, mostly from the FAA, for capital improvements. Also, the airport earns about $1 million in income from airport operations, but still requires approximately $560 thousand from both the City of Lewiston and Nez Perce County to make up the shortfall. Is the $1.2 million dollars of support for the airport from the city and county worth it? Given the airports economic impact, I think it is definitely worth it. I will be examining the airport budget in more detail in future posts.

Cheers! - Joe Gish, LNPC Airport Board Commissioner

https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/info/aero/impact/Lewiston-NezPerceCounty.pdf

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