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Wichita Airport Celebrates History, Prepares for Future With New Terminal

Wichita Airport Celebrates History, Prepares for Future With New Terminal

by | May 1, 2015 |

The winds of change are blowing in Kansas. In January, Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT) announced its new name, Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport; and officials plan to unveil a new $160 million passenger terminal building and $40 million parking garage/rental car center in May. Together, the projects create a new front door for the city that highlights its heritage as “air capital of the world.”

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San Francisco Int’l Installs Runway Safety Areas With More Than a Year Left on the Congressional Clock

San Francisco Int’l Installs Runway Safety Areas With More Than a Year Left on the Congressional Clock

by | Jan 1, 2015 |

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) completed a two-phase runway safety area (RSA) project in early August (2014) ‘ beating its own schedule by one month and finishing more than a year ahead of the congressionally mandated Dec. 31, 2015, deadline for all federally obligated and Part 139 airports. The new safety features, estimated to cost about $223 million, are designed to significantly reduce personal injury and aircraft damage in the event of runway overruns, undershoots and veer-offs, per FAA Advisory Circular 150/5300-13.

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Meridian & Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Partner to Attract & Grow Air Service

Meridian & Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Partner to Attract & Grow Air Service

by | Jan 1, 2015 |

After losing their respective carriers and being declared ‘dead’ by one consultant’s study, two southern Mississippi airports have joined forces and secured shared service with the help of a new consultant and an essential air service contract. In early November, Meridian Regional Airport (MEI) and Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport (PIB) both celebrated the beginning of new service to Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) on ExpressJet, operating under Skywest for American Airlines. After picking up passengers at PIB, 50-seat regional jets continue to MEI, just 60 miles north, to pick up additional passengers before heading to DFW. ‘Do you know how much fun it was to announce we had jet service with American” asks Tom Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Meridian Airport Authority.

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McCarran Completes Tech-Rich Expansion

by | Sep 1, 2012 |

At $2.4 billion, the Terminal 3 expansion at Las Vegas McCarran International (LAS) is the airport's biggest project ever and the largest public works project in Nevada's history. In addition to a new 1.9-million-square-foot terminal, the on-time, under-budget...

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