His son won the first Gordon Bennett balloon race to Paris to England, eventually worked with the Wright Brothers, and was the first military passenger on an airplane.[4] In 2021, the airport received an annual federal subsidy over several years from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.The facility will include a dining room, bar, and outdoor patio, and the restaurant will be open to both pilots and the general public.[10] In the year ending January 31, 2023, the airport had 18,780 aircraft operations, average 51 per day: 85% general aviation, 7% air taxi, 8% military, and <1% airline.75 aircraft were based at this airport at the time: 51 single-engine and 11 multi-engine airplanes, 8 military, 4 jets, and 1 ultralight.