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Why Have Plans for a Wenatchee-to-SFO Nonstop Flight Stalled? Five years ago, in 2018, it seemed hopeful that a nonstop commercial flight from EAT to SFO (Pangborn to San Francisco) would actually happen. The United States Department of Transportation awarded a grant of $750,000 to match the upswell of community support for just the idea of the Wenatchee Valley connecting to the Bay Area... Read M

Yeah, We know when we live in a small town. And for the most part, we love it. Sure we don't have a few things that we would love to see come to Wenatchee. We've talked about before. But there are a few other signs. And we like to make fun of ourselves for it.

The money coming through the Federal Aviation Administration required that projects already be underway, and the General Aviation building is still in the planning stages.

I never saw it with all the clouds coving over Washington in the past week, but there are some that are saying that the Chinese Spy Balloon, that has now been shot down over the Atlantic Ocean, could have been floating high above the state of Washington. Actually I’m kinda surprised the balloon didn’t get popped by the Space Needle. And how did it get over the Cascades? Stevens Pass? Boy, that would have taken forever! But while soaring through Washington, the spy balloon could have made itself useful.

A couple weeks back I wrote an article about What Makes a Person a ‘Local’ in the Wenatchee Valley. And I got some great answers from listeners. But one theme that I found interesting was there were places, names, and things that locals from Wenatchee…and quite frankly anyone in Washington State would say. In fact, that last sentence is example number one.

It was one of the bigger stories here in the Wenatchee Valley in 2022. And it frustrated many trying to fly out of Pangborn Airport for business, family affairs, vacations, or for those who just enjoy sitting closely to others in very tiny uncomfortable seats on an airbus.

This was an interview I’ve been looking forward to all year. I tried to get a few words with him in his younger days. Of course as the Baby New Year, it was all incomprehensive gaga-googoo gibberish. In his teen days, it was hard to pin him down, for his time is limited. But now that his time is coming to a close, he had something to say. Although his words were few, and sometimes speaking gibberish much like when he was the Baby New Year of 2022.

The Small Community Air Service Development Grant has been in place for that purpose since 2017 and is about to expire next month.

I know what you’re expecting me to say in this article. And you’re right. I’m going to state the two obvious places everyone says they would like to come to Wenatchee. But first, I want to give you some other food for thought. And perhaps some ideas for those who want to start a new business.

The closure shuts off the airport's only daily commercial flight to Seattle on Horizon Air.