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GENERAL AVIATION  
July | August 2026      AirportImprovement.com
WWR
For years, leaders at West 
Woodward Airport (WWR) 
identified critical infrastructure 
improvements needed to support growth 
and economic development throughout 
northwest Oklahoma. The challenge wasn’t 
a lack of vision or planning; it was funding.
That changed in September 2022, 
when the Oklahoma Legislature allocated 
$20 million to WWR from its $250 million 
Progressing Rural Economic Prosperity 
(PREP) Fund. Lawmakers created the fund 
to help rural communities become more 
competitive through investments in traditional 
infrastructure—especially airports. It also 
complements the $1.8 billion Oklahoma 
received from the federal American Rescue 
Plan Act, which funded water, wastewater, 
broadband and medical projects.
The city-owned airport in Woodward 
used state PREP funds to execute a 
comprehensive modernization/improvement 
program, with an additional $1.5 million 
FAA award (and associated local 
contribution) specifically for runway work. 
The first round of projects, completed 
last fall, included:
• a new terminal building; 
• an executive hangar with associated 
taxilane; and 
• surface access and utilities 
improvements, which will open up a 
new 40+ acre development area. 
Pending projects slated for completion 
by year-end include:
• a runway/taxiway extension that will 
bring the runway’s total length to 
6,000 feet, 
• rehabilitation of the existing runway, 
and 
• apron reconstruction.  
State Funding Helps 
Turn Vision Into Reality at 
West Woodward Airport 
BY MICHELLE GARDNER
FACTS&FIGURES 
Project: Airport-wide Upgrades
Location: West Woodward Airport, in Woodward, OK
Key Benefits: Foster economic development for city & 
region; update infrastructure; prepare for future growth
Funding: $20 million from state PREP program; $1.5 
million from FAA for runway extension; $34,000 local 
New Terminal: 5,000 sq. ft. (plus dedicated parking 
lot); $4 million
New Executive Hangar: 17,000 sq. ft., with 
additional 3,100 sq. ft. of office space & apron 
expansion; $4.4 million
Associated Utilities Infrastructure: $969,000
New Taxilane: 350 ft., plus new access road; 
$2.6 million
Runway/Taxiway Extension: 500 ft.; $7.4 million
Apron Reconstruction: 144 x 140 ft.; $2.59 million
Land Acquisition: 104 acres; $214,800
Construction: Spring 2024-Dec. 2026 
Funds Distributor/Project Guidance: OK Dept. 
of Aerospace & Aeronautics 
Engineering Consultant: HW Lochner 
(now Lochner, an Egis Company) 
Architect: GHN Architects + Engineers
General Contractor – Terminal & Hangar: 
W.L. McNatt & Co.
General Contractor – Utilities: 
J.A.M. Construction 
General Contractor – South Taxilane: Contech
General Contractor – Runway & Taxiway 
Extension; Apron Reconstruction; Partial 
Runway Rehab: Screed Tech
Hangar Door: Norco - Universal Door Systems

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