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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown Regional Airport Authority has set a goal of averaging 800 passenger boardings a month for June through August.

The Airport Authority’s Commercial Air Service Committee Chair,Brent Harrris said the committee will send out letters to local businesses encouraging individuals to fly out of Jamestown Regional Airport for the summer months.

Airport Authority, Chairman, Jim Boyd said one of the authority’s goals is to average 10,000 passenger boardings annually at Jamestown Regional Airport.

He added, If the airport can maintain that average annually, the airport would receive $1 million in discretionary funding from the FAA. Currently it receives $150,000 a year.

Airport Manager Sam Seafeldt said the airport had 728 passenger boardings in March, this year, the most for March since 1978. During the first three months of 2015, Jamestown Regional Airport has averaged 703 passenger boardings a month.

Boyd said he thinks averaging 800 boardings a month through the summer and beyond is a reachable goal.

In other business, the Airport Authority approved submitting engineering plans and specifications for improving a 125-foot-long section of the west taxilane and apron to the FAA for review. The $129,000 project will improve drainage in the taxilane area and replace the existing, crumbling asphalt.