Aviation volunteers unite to promote Westfield-Barnes Airport.

Chris Willenborg, manager of the Westfield-Barnes Airport, talks with Alex Colby, president of the Friends of Barnes Airport, on the terminal observation deck while a business jet sits in the background. Willenborg said his management team is excited to have a friends group to help raise awareness of the airport's importance to the community. (Mike Lydic / The Westfield News)

Alex Colby carries a passion for aviation in his genes.

His father and grandfather were aviation enthusiasts who flew their airplanes from what was then Barnes Municipal Airport.

"I was only a few months old when I started going to the airport.

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