1999–2003 — Modernization
- Runway regraded and re-grassed — operational in under six weeks (1999)
- Irrigation system, water well, and pond installed (2001)
- Fuel tank, runway lights, and well pump house added; fuel co-op formed (2001)
- Dry Creek Drive hard-surfaced (2001)
- Pole barn constructed and tractor purchased (2003)
- Settlement with Riata Ranch developers releases them from Deed Restrictions (2003)
- First annual open house held for neighbors and friends, September 13, 2003
- Robert Irwin flies from Dry Creek to Dry Creek — around the world — in his Baron
