b'62 VTAGENERAL AVIATIONFACTS&FIGURESNewark-Heath Airport Makes Project: New TerminalMajor Upgrades BY MIKE SCHWANZLocation: Newark-Heath Airport, in OhioAnnual Operations: 13,000Terminal Size: 4,300 sq. ft.Located about 40 miles eastFor help navigating Cost: $2.7 million of Columbus, OH, Newark- the FAA requirements Heath Airport (VTA) is in one ofand its own wish list Funding: 75% FAA; 20% county, 5% state the fastest-growing areas in that state.for a new terminal and Construction: June 2022-July 2023 Currently, the general aviation airfield logsother improvements, Engineering/Design Consultant: Crawford, about 13,000 operations a year, but traffic isVTA hired engineering Murphy & Tilly expected to escalate based on Intels plansconsultant Crawford, Prime Contractor: Robertson Construction Services to invest $20 billion in the area, including aMurphy & Tilly. It wasTERRY TRENEFFAssociated Projects: Community box hangar; 13 Tlarge manufacturing plant that will produceawarded a five-year hangars; terminal apron/taxi lane; airfield electrical vault;semiconductor chips. The companycontract in late 2019 and began planning new maintenance facility; relocating buildings away fromexpects to create up to 3,000 new jobs inin January 2020. main taxiway the next few yearsincluding many high- Key projects included:Electrical & Lighting Equipment: Jess Howardwage software engineering positions. new terminal;Electrical To meet a likely surge in activity at the Storage & Maintenance Hangars: Slaybaugh community box hangar;Construction airport, VTA officials knew they had to 13 new T hangars;improve several facilities. But before any Maintenance Hangar Relocation: Dingey Movers changes could be made, they had to terminal apron/taxi lane;Environmental Systems Manager: EHS Company satisfy federal regulations concerning the new airfield electrical vault; T Hangars: Robertson Construction Services airfield layout. The FAA had ruled thatnew aircraft maintenance hangar Airside Ramp: Kwest our old terminal, maintenance buildingfacility;Demolition of Old Terminal: GM Construction and a few other buildings were too closerelocating existing maintenance to the taxiway, and had to be moved orbuilding about 300 feet away from the Terminal Security Fence: Ables Fence removed, states Terry Treneff, president Camera System: Mid-Ohio Security terminal and main taxiway; and of the Licking County Regional Airportdemolishing a few older buildings.Phone & WiFi Systems: Centratech Authority. Any new renovations had to FBO: Aviation Works resolve those issues. July | August 2024AirportImprovement.com'