Jim Thrash, Will Rogers Airport Ops Director, shown at left with Rotarian of the day Suzy Thrash, provided an update on the $89 Million in improvements going on at the airport at the Jan. 7th meeting. The improvements include better TSA access, improved visitor concessions, an awesome viewing deck to view departures and arrivals and to see departing passengers as they leave the terminal to the planes. Also improved handicap facilities, pickup and drop off zones, and increased aircraft flow with 4 additional gates.
Jim also provided statistics on the airport, including 12,000 employees, over 4.3 million incoming and outgoing passengers in 2019, Direct flights being added and deleted, and updates to the Amazon and Fedex centers. For more information on improvements and procedures in place at Will Rogers, go to https://www.flyokc.com/ .