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TIMOTHY J. MCGOURTHY SPECIAL TO THE WORCESTER BUSINESS JOURNAL
The largest single transportation facility in Worcester, and arguably that with the most potential, Worcester Regional Airport (airport code ORH) is a critical element in Greater Worcester’s transportation tripod of road, rail, and air.
Founded as a municipal airport in 1946, ORH was acquired by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) in 2010 following a decade of joint city-Massport control. While passenger traffic peaked at 354,000 in 1989, the airport struggled at times in the face of competition from Logan International Airport and the expansion of Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire and T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island. Worcester Regional Airport is now poised for its own expansion with increasingly reliable air travel as a result of the launch of JetBlue service in 2013 and with a state-of-the-art navigation system under construction allowing for instrument-only landings regardless of visibility conditions.
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