The improvements for the airport will include airport terminal expansion and airstrip restripping work which is set to begin in the next few weeks according to Dell Coward of Engineering and Surveyors of Noxapater who will be doing the work. . The funds for the improvements will be from Federal Aviation Agency funds, state funds, city funds and county funds. The FAA will pay for 95 percent of the project with the state paying 2.5 percent and the city and county splitting the remaining 2.5 percent.
According to records, the field averages about 17 aircraft flights a week with 6 airplanes based at the airport.
The Winston County Journal
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