Now that funds have been secured to build a new terminal building at the Elk City Regional Airport, City Manager Tom Ivester revealed more plans as to where.
By News Director Jared Atha
Local airports were awarded grant money by the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission during their regularly scheduled meeting held last week.
With construction season thriving, the commission approved several state grants for projects in the 5-year Airport Construction Program which will support needed improvements for the Oklahoma Airport System. Among the awarded grants, Elk City Regional Airport received $404,954 in state funding to support the almost $1 million project to install LED runway lights, visual glideslope lighting known as PAPIs, and a weather reporting system. Also, Weatherford’s Thomas P. Stafford Airport received a $500,000 state grant to construct a new terminal building that will be located adjacent to the newly renovated Thomas P Stafford Air and Space Museum.