HUNTINGTON â A public meeting of the Cabell County Airport Authority regarding the future of the Robert Newlon Airport is scheduled for noon Thursday.
The May 13 agenda says the meeting will take place in the Cabell County Commission chambers and is to discuss the âCommissionâs proposal to sell the county airport property to the Authority.â
Controversy regarding the Airport Authority erupted in November 2020 after the commission attempted to pass a resolution to dissolve it permanently. The Airport Authority is comprised of five members appointed by the County Commission. It has two Democrats, two Republicans and one county commissioner.
At that meeting, nearly two dozen people spoke against the resolution and said it was an attempt that would also lead to terminating the 30-year lease agreement the Airport Authority has with Carl Bailey, owner of the Fly In Cafe at the airport. Bailey began managing the airport in 2006.