Amenities Keep Mathis Field Flying High
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Air travelers to and from San Angelo get the royal treatment.
With a spacious 8,000-square-foot terminal, three boarding gates, including two with passenger boarding bridges and jetways, and escalators from street level, Mathis Field has all the amenities of big-city airports.
It also offers something few airports do: free parking.
“I feel strongly that if you don’t have free parking‚ the people from town won’t come. I think it’s a nice benefit for our terminal tenants to have those people coming out to eat here as return customers‚” says Al Elliott, chief of operations at San Angelo Regional Airport.
The expected amenities like car rental and shuttle services are also there. The restaurant on site serves food good enough to attract locals who have no plans to board a plane.
Although owned by the city, the airport costs the taxpayers of San Angelo virtually nothing. The airport receives federal grant money and revenues from vendors, hangar leases, landing fees, fuel flowage fees and passenger facility charges. Moreover, it’s a powerful economic tool used by business and industry.
Named Mathis Field in honor of San Angelo native Jack Mathis, who was the first aviator to receive the Medal of Honor for his service in World War II.
American Eagle and Continental Airlines serve the airport.
