12/5/2023 0 Comments Aerospace park tri cities airport“We’re going to be serving the same amount of traffic, but this allows us a bigger safety margin for vehicles and allows heavier loads to take off.” “We’re not going to be taking in 747s all the time, that’s not the case,” Cogan said. The manager added the airport is “done buying properties” and that the extension of the runway will be used to take in the increased traffic absorbed by the facility. “It will be concurrent with the extension.” “The buildings will be demolished soon,” Cogan said. The bid for demolition is also supposed to be sent out soon, which will include the demolish of the structures and removing power lines. Work is expected also to get underway where 12 properties were purchased on the east end of the airport. “In preparation for that, we received grant money for land acquisition, and we’ve been able to improve the main terminal ramp.”Ĭogan added work on the extension is expected to start “very soon,” with the project already being sent out for bid. “We’re lengthening it to 5,000 feet,” Cogan told the Elizabethton Star Monday. The current runway is 4,600 feet, and the extension will bump the runway out an additional 400 feet. Keeping up with the trend of growth, Airport Manager Dan Cogan said runway extension is on the horizon. The Elizabethton Municipal Airport has been the centerpiece of growth within the community and is continually eyeing improving their operation after receiving the Most Improved Airport accolade for 2016 by the Tennessee Aeronautics Commission. With tourism being tossed around as an economic force for the City of Elizabethton and Carter County, one entity is looking to continue its goal of assisting with the matter. Pictured are two planes that were on the new ramp Monday during a tour of the facility. The Elizabethton Municipal Airport continues to see an increase in flight traffic through Stoney Creek.
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