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Upper Cumberland Regional Airport fuel sales have been strong during the month of April.
“We’ve been moving a lot of medical-type stuff and corporate traffic still has to be moving,” Airport Manager Dean Selby said. “I think a lot of them are coming here rather than going through BNA (Nashville International) cause they’re concerned about the bigger cities.”
The Airport has already sold some 8,100 gallons of fuel in April, below the budget for the month, but above last year’s number.
The Airport Board approved its 2021 fiscal year budget Tuesday night. Selby said he just does not know what to expect from aviation over the next year. He said some are suggesting companies will stay with jet travel instead of commercial flights.
“We might see an increase or a decrease, I don’t know what’s going to happen going forward,” Selby said. “So I just kind of projected everything forward based on what we’ve done currently.”
Putnam County Mayor Randy Porter said the airport needs to be ready in case revenues do fall during the course of the next year.
“We’re prepared to turn on a dime if it slows down and change the ways we’re doing things,” Selby said.
The budget does not increase the requests from the cities and counties that manage the airport.
