b"A concessionaire with secure doors in the kitchen serves visitors in the public lobby 32 ATY TERMINALSand post-checkpoint passengers.Unique and award-winning, in fact. Late last year, the design team won an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) South Dakota for its work at ATY.The new terminal has the potential to operate two gates, but only one is currently in service. It is used by Denver Air Connection, a subsidiary of Key Lime Air that provides scheduled service several times per week from ATY to Denver International and Chicago OHare. Interline agreements with United and American Airlines provide connections to just about anywhere in the world. Going forward, ATY hopes to attract more general aviation business, as there is now more room for such operations. The airport encourages private pilots to use the AVIATIONairfield with competitive hangar leases and a GROUP professional environment, notes VonEye Lake Area Technical College continues to hold pilot and aircraft repair courses at ATY, and can now expand its program by leasing the old terminal. Sense of Place PlanningThe new terminal was designed to match the regions personality, which is rooted in the outdoors and local industry. The airport is a very big piece of the Planning forcommunity, Kann says. Agriculture is a huge industry as well as manufacturing, which is the industrysvery apparent as the airport is located inside growth, now andan industrial park. Hunting and fishing are huge; out-of-state visitors drive in for pheasant in the future, ishunting. It was important to accommodate paramount. Ourand have a sense of that as well.Summers in the region are moderate, and aviation groupsthe winters quite cold, with about 35 inches of annual snowfall. With that in mind, the airport experienceadded a new building to provide centralized paired with ourhousing for all of its snow removal equipment. A heated, moveable boarding bridge from comprehensiveJBT Aerotech is a welcome addition that is Airport list of aviationkeeping passengers comfortable and happy. VonEye has high praise for the team that services sets ourbrought all the pieces together. Ive been here [working on the ATY project] Aviation Teamfor five and a half years, he says. I know that apart. ExperienceMead and Hunt is a cornerstone firm in the industry when it comes to airports. They rose Exceptional. to the top with their experience; they have the knowledge we needed to pour into this airport, and we feel they accomplished our goals perfectly. I think were now an envy of others in the region. January | February 2024AirportImprovement.comJan-Feb '24 Ad.indd 1 12/14/2023 10:28:32 AM"