b'62 DAN GENERAL AVIATION Area where Aviation TrainingArea where the 80 x 80have found that conference rooms are Facility Building will be hangar will be constructed especially useful for these airports, heconstructed remarks. In many cases, officials from Terminal Ramp a given company will fly into an airport Terminal Building for just a day-long meeting, and then fly home. So the improvements made in the conference rooms at DAN will help lure T-hangar Buildings416 businesspeople there in the future.and Box hangars YardsThe money spent to modernize the terminal and ramps at DAN was well South Ramp spent, he adds. Companies looking to expand into a certain region will use the local airport to visit potential sites for A new training center and hangar forcorporate growth, which will bring good-Averett University is currently under development.paying jobs into the region, Campbell reasons. I think the improvements at DANWe think thatCampbell praises Adelman and otherare sure to leave a good first impression.general aviationairport staff for the final product. They did a airports such asgreat job, he affirms. The terminal buildingMore New Development Danville Regional arewas beyond its useful life. They modernizedAs the airport readies for new casino traffic, extremely valuable toit and gave it better functionality. It is moreone of its main tenants is also increasing its a community, statessecure, and more user-friendly. footprint on the airfield. Averett University, Department DirectorCampbell is especially enthusiastica local private college that bases its Greg Campbell. WeGREG CAMPBELL about the remodeled conference rooms.aeronautics program and flight school at encourage capitalTraveling around the state and visitingthe airport, started managing the on-field improvement projects and development tovarious GA airports, my staff and IFBO two years ago. In addition to pumping facilitate commerce.approximately 207,000 gallons of fuel last year, Averett Aviation serviced about 2,600 planes.The university has 120 aeronautics majors who are learning the business of aviation and completing their flight training at DAN. The program is expected to grow to around 200 students in the next few years, with even more opportunities in the near future.On Jan. 30, 2024, DAN received approval from the city manager to begin development of a 13,200-square-foot aviation training facility and an adjacent 6,400-square-foot hangar. Averett University and Danville Community College will share space in the new buildings, with room for both aviation maintenance and flight instruction training. If the projects finish on schedule, both buildings will be up and running by summer 2025. Adelman is optimistic about what the new training facility and the new casino will mean to the airport. With our remodeled terminal and reconstructed ramp area, we are now well equipped to handle the increased traffic we are forecasting in the next few years, he concludes. March | April 2024AirportImprovement.com'