It appears there have been no ill effects, as of yet at least, at Pangborn Memorial Airport near East Wenatchee due to the now record-breaking 36-day shutdown of the federal government.

"We haven't felt any impacts so far," says Bobbie Chatriand, Administrative Assistant for the airport's managers at the Chelan-Douglas Regional Port Authority. "But we do only have two flights a day, so there is that to consider."

In addition to the nominal number of daily arrivals and departures at the small aerodrome, Pangborn's operations have also been insulated from any shutdown troubles due to its lack of on-site air traffic controllers, since these functions are handled remotely through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center in Auburn.

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