Economic Impact
In 2005, The Boyd Group International, Inc., an aviation research, forecasting and consulting firm based in Evergreen, Colorado, studied MBS International Airport’s economic impact on the area. The airport’s economic benefit to Midland, Bay and Saginaw counties was estimated to be more than $100 million annually. The direct impact of jobs and property-related revenues was estimated at more than $50 million annually. The report also calculated the savings in time and cost to local users of MBS versus other airports at more than $7 million annually.