MILWAUKEE, WIS. – With a career spanning 41 years in airport management, Milwaukee General Mitchell International (MKE) Airport Director Barry Bateman retired effective April 18, 2014.
In his 31 years as director at Milwaukee, Bateman saw the annual number of passengers at the airport increase from three million to more than seven million (up 220%). Bateman has overseen more than $500 million in capital improvements at the airport, which created a tremendous economic benefit for the entire southeastern Wisconsin region.
In 2007, Bateman received one of the American Association of Airport Executive’s (AAAE) highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award. In 2008, he was the recipient of the Public Policy Forum’s Norman N. Gill Award. And in 2010, the Wisconsin Airport Management Association presented Bateman with its Lifetime Service Award. Prior to his appointment in Milwaukee, Bateman served in positions at Las Vegas McCarran International and Lexington Blue Grass Airports.