Private aviation is important to Iola and Allen County. Allen County Airport has 50 to 55 airplanes using it weekly, including several that carry people to town because of Gates Corporation, Russell Stover Candies or other business missions. Other planes stop to take on fuel — aviation fuel here is among the cheapest around, at just cents above costs — and some are emergency service fixed wing aircraft come to ferry people in need of medical care.
Mitch Garner, airport manager, said the last two days about 1,000 gallons of fuel were sold, a common amount for the local…
