Grand Junction Regional Airport in Grand Junction, CO, United States, has been in service since 1930, with national flight service, the airport had 78,267 aircraft ... See more operations, an average of 214 per day,for the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006 . It was previously known as Grand Junction Municipal Airport. In 1942 it was renamed Walker Field for Walter Walker, a former publisher of The Daily Sentinel newspaper who helped obtain funds and business support for the airport. The airport and the airport authority were both renamed on May 15, 2007 as Grand Junction Regional Airport.