San Marcos Airport Wins Award

TX – The Texas Department of Transportation’s Aviation Division has named Austin’s San Marcos Regional Airport (HYI) the 2022 Reliever Airport of the year. The award was presented during TxDOT’s 40th Texas Aviation Conference in March. Citing the airport’s achievements, the city noted its proactive management, a higher number of flight operations, an impending multimillion-dollar project to rebuild two taxiways, and economic impact. The airport currently generates $82.1 million in economic activity to Texas through 664 jobs with a total annual payroll of $22.7 million.

San Marcos is one of two airports operated and managed full-time by Texas Aviation Partners (TAP), the other being Pearland Regional (LVJ) in Houston. TAP also operates Georgetown Jet Center, the FBO at Georgetown Municipal (GTU), and while serving as an interim consultant for operations at North Texas Regional-Perrin Field (GYI) in Sherman/Denison. TAP was founded in 2007 and through careful planning, long-term relationships, and comprehensive airport and FBO management strives to achieve maximum economic growth for the community. The company’s activities include airside and landside development, all-phase planning, management and marketing consulting, minimum standards creation, financial analyses and grant applications, and all aspects of real state and leasing coordination and management.