READING, Pa. \u2013 On Thursday, the Berks County Commissioners paid special recognition to\u00a0Zackary J. Tempesco, Reading Regional Airport Director,\u00a0for becoming accredited as an airport executive.<\/p>\n
The commissioners invited Tempesco to their weekly meeting to report on the 2026 Aviation Council of Pennsylvania Annual Conference, which is currently being held in Reading.<\/p>\n
Tempesco said that, to his knowledge, this is the first time that Reading has hosted the conference.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re expecting 1,500 students and guests to come out and visit the airport with us, and we\u2019re happy to have them as part of our aviation expo,\u201d Tempesco said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conference itself has many seminars and things, and we’re really happy to have everybody here in our community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Christian Y. Leinbach said the commissioners are excited about the conference being held in Reading and connected to the Reading Regional Airport.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we also wanted to take an opportunity to recognize you for earning the great distinction of Accredited Airport Executive,\u201d Leinbach said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is quite an achievement and ranks you among the elite in airport leadership circles. Through the successful completion of this accreditation process, a whole new array of opportunities await you within the national organization,\u201d he added,<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWith accreditation comes a measure of responsibility, and those who aspire to follow in your footsteps would benefit greatly from your support and mentorship,\u201d Leinbach explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the process was long and arduous, but the effort will certainly return rewards in your career,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
Leinbach noted that Tempesco is a graduate of Fleetwood High School and received his private pilot’s license at the former Kutztown Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2013 On Thursday, the Berks County Commissioners paid special recognition to\u00a0Zackary J. Tempesco, Reading Regional Airport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[124430,124429,10200,124427,128,130,129,53872,124428,124426],"class_list":["post-302594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-accredited-airport-executive","tag-aviation-council","tag-christian-y-leinbach","tag-kutztown-airport","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-regional-airport","tag-reading-regional-airport-director","tag-zackary-j-tempesco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}