One of many cargo jets that visit West Michigan Regional Airport, this DC9 was loading bumpers from a major manufacturing company to deliver quickly and on time to a manufacturing company in Alabama. This presents another way that our local regional airport helps...
West Michigan Regional Airport celebrated Tulip Time in Holland with the theme "WMRA Our Gateway to the World." The jet float joined Dutch Dancers, marching bands, floats and more at the spectacular Muziekparade on Saturday, May 9, 2015. The jet float received its...
May 8, 2015 — The West Michigan Airport Authority will receive sealed bids for a Midfield Terminal Building until June 3, 2015 at 10 AM EDT at which time the bids will be opened and read publicly at Holland City Hall, 1st floor City Council Chambers, 270 South River...
Spring brings Tulip Time in Holland and the West Michigan Regional Airport's jet float will join Dutch Dancers, marching bands, floats and more at the spectacular Muziekparade on Saturday, May 9, 2015 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The parade delights thousands of spectators...
March 10, 2015 – Andrea Goodell, Holland Sentinel After several years of fundraising and planning, the West Michigan Regional Airport Business Center is down to the details. “We’re down to choosing paint colors and tile,” West Michigan Airport Authority Manager Greg...
On the fourth attempt, the weather cooperated and Mark Bolhuism and his girlfriend of almost 9 years, Amber, got the chance for a romantic flight beginning at West Michigan Regional Airport. After meeting the pilot they walked up to the jet but before entering Mark...
December 2014 - Andrea Goodell, Holland Sentinel A welcome center in the works for years could be built this year at the West Michigan Regional Airport. “We went through a pretty extensive visioning process with the building committee and the rest of the team,” said...
Chris Jacobs arranged a secret, romantic flight with fiancee Kaitlyn Mast on Saturday, November 29. As pilot Dave Siegers and wife Cindy flew the couple over a field the plane dipped for Kaitlyn to notice a huge sign pinned to the snowy ground asking "Will You Marry...
The magic persevered even though the temperature hit 22 degrees with an even colder wind chill. Zeeland's Magical Christmas Parade began after the annual Christmas-tree lighting of hundreds of tiny white lights on a 29-foot tree. West Michigan Regional Airport's jet...
November 2014 - Andrea Goodell, Holland Sentinel Approval of the design contract for a new $2.6 million apron is the next piece of the puzzle for the West Michigan Regional Airport’s new business center. The contract includes survey work, drainage designs,...
October 2014 - By Annette Manwell, HollandSentinel.com The West Michigan Regional Airport, once the Tulip City Airport, has evolved from a private grass-strip runway next to a barn in the 1940s, to the busy, growing airport it is today. In 2016, it could look...
October 2014 - By Annette.Manwell, HollandSentinel.com The West Michigan Regional Airport Business Center has inched one step closer to coming to fruition. The $500,000 purchase of 15.41 acres — where the facility will be built — was approved Monday by the West...