Casper Airport Celebrates Travel Record

Wyoming's Casper/Natrona County International Airport seems to be having a good year so far.

They just released the following numbers on their Facebook page. 

The Airport is happy to announce that 9,938 enplaned passengers (passengers getting on aircraft) used the Airport in July, a 30% increase compared to July of 2023.

To date, the Airport is showing a 17.5% increase compared to the same period in 2023.July’s increase comes on top of a 29% increase in passengers in June.

But it's not just those who travel commercially. The airport has been making a lot of money from those who pause in Wyoming to refuel along with those who own private airplanes at the airport.

They have sold so much fuel they have decided to hold a contest, much like the guess how many beans are in this jar contest.

It's time for a Guess & Win Giveaway!

The Airport just finished its fiscal year, July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

During that time, how many gallons of aviation fuel do you think were sold at the Airport (hint: the answer is between 1 million and 3 million gallons)?

Leave your guesses in the comments and whoever guesses the closest number will win a $50 fuel card! Submit your guess by August 19th and we will announce the winner on August 20th!
Special thanks to Aero Center Casper for donating the gas card for this giveaway. Good luck!

Prices to Denver and Salt Lake City are not as high as they used to be.

If you keep an eye on booking sites and can be flexible as to when you travel, you can take advantage of some great deals.

The Casper/Natrona County International Airport is enjoying its upgraded firefighting planes.

Nobody likes a summer fire, but it does keep the airport busy with interesting water bombers coming and going.

The airport has been posting photos and videos of these fantastic planes on its Facebook page.

For several years the two firefighting planes would arrive for fire season and park in a temporary area on the east corner of the airport.

They would run a long hose from a fire hydrant to a holding tank to refill the planes for another fire run.

Yes, the big boys have found a new home in central Wyoming.

While stationed in Casper, these serious firefighting machines have a long range and can fight across several states.

Before the new facilities she built at the fire season's end, they would pack up and go home.

Now, for some of these planes, Casper is home.

Now, they have a permanent base at the airport, and they no longer need to run a long hose to a fire hydrant.

After six years of planning, designing, and construction, the Airport grounds are now the home base for a new BLM Single Engine Air Tankers (SEAT) and Large Air Tankers (LAT) Base.

HOLD ON- what is a SEAT and LAT base?

It's a base that loads firefighting aircraft with anything they need, from water to chemicals, to fight fires. That's the most simple, nontechnical explanation there is.

Below is the new cover photo for the Casper/Natrona County Airport.

The facility was constructed in Collaboration with BLM, Wyoming State Forestry Division, and U.S. Forest Service.

It is the only base in the country jointly built by the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service.

Below is an exciting video of a firefighting plane from Casper in action.

Casper is also the exclusive home to two SEAT planes, contracted by the Wyoming State Forestry Division.

The modernized base now has the ability to load two planes (SEAT and/or LAT) at the same time with a maximum daily output of 80,000–90,000 gallons of mixed retardant compared to the previous 15,000-gallon output.

Future plans include the construction of a new heli-base adjacent to the SEAT/LAT base for the State Forestry Division.