Pitz/Kalispell City AirportHello,
My name is Paige Pitz, I have been an employee of Red
Eagle Aviation for Three and a half years. I have gone
through training and worked hard to get my private
helicopter license through Red Eagle Aviation. There are
many reasons why Kalispell City Airport is beneficial to
this valley. These are just some that stand out to me.
This airport has always had a very friendly feel to it.
People come down just to sit on the grass and watch the
planes and helicopters go by. There are a lot of pilots who
fly in from out of town and land at Kalispell City to avoid
the busy commercial traffic at Glacier International. It’s
convenient for pilots to fly in, tie their plane down and
literally walk wherever they need to go. I meet hundreds of
people every summer that fly in for vacations.
The summer of 2009 Glacier International had both of their
runways closed for about one week while they were doing some
construction work on them. FedEx and other mail services
were still able to deliver because the planes flew into
Kalispell City otherwise they would have been down that
week. I think it’s good to have an emergency back up
airport.
Knowing how long this airport has been here and been a
part of the valley (and our lives) I can’t imagine the
valley without it. Thank you~
Paige Pitz
Red Eagle Aviation
1880 Hwy 93 S
Kalispell, MT 59901