MOLINE, ILL. – Bruce E. Carter, A.A.E., Director of Aviation at Quad City International Airport, has been selected as the recipient of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Distinguished Service Award, presented to airport executives in recognition of career-long leadership and contributions to aviation.
Carter began his 40-year career as an air traffic controller in Des Moines, Iowa, and has held airport director positions in Waterloo, Iowa and Springfield and Peoria, Illinois before becoming the director at Quad City International Airport in 1999.
Carter currently serves as a second past president of the AAAE Board of Directors and is a past president of the AAAE Great Lakes Chapter.
The award was presented to Carter at a recent Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock Island County board meeting in Moline.