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Marc Giauque, KSL Newsradio The Sundance Film Festival starts tomorrow in Park City, and while you're likely only to see a lot of people dressed in black, or "pibs" as some locals call them, you could get a glance of some of Hollywood's elite.
But not all of them will come through Salt Lake's Airport to get here. In fact, it's typically a busy time for the air-field in Heber City.
At Russ McDonald Field, there are a lot of places to park aircraft right now. But it won't be the case in a few days, and it certainly was not the case two years ago, when an inversion socked in valley airports.
Nadim Abuhidar, Owner: "It sent all the airplanes up here, and it was just busy."
Nadim Abuhidar owns the company that fuels and services visiting aircraft here.
But he says it's busy every year during Sundance, with the likes of say Danny DeVito or Frances Ford Copola.
But the field isn't just for Sundance. Josiah Spillers, who, as they say works on the line, has a photo on his cell-phone of Ben Stiller. He came in to take a helicopter flight last summer.
In general, though, Spillers says his brushes with fame are only short. Mostly, they've been positive.
Josiah Spillers: "My experience, the ones I've met, have been really nice."
There are a few exceptions. Spillers and others say it seems those who are on top are often easier to deal with when compared to some b-list celebrities.
