A general aviation aircraft sits outside the Gillespie County Airport terminal building during the Santa Fly-In event on Dec. 22. The event is one of several hosted at the airport throughout the year. ? Standard-Radio Post/Brooke Nevins
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December 22, 2021
County airport sees record fuel sales in ’21
By the end of 2019, the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) at the Gillespie County Airport had sold a record 418,000 gallons of fuel. Then COVID-19 hit soon after, and the runway lay empty. “From the shutdown — March, April, May — [the airport] went silent,” Airport Manager Tony Lombardi said. “Of