January 4, 2018 at 6:13 p.m.
Board approves plan for projects
Portland Board of Aviation
Board approves plan for projects
Plans call for the runway at Portland Municipal Airport to be extended in 2019. Whether that work becomes a reality will depend on Federal Aviation Administration funding.
Portland Board of Aviation on Wednesday approved its updated capital improvements plan, outlining projects slated for the airport through 2023.
The shift of the runway extension construction to 2019 was the biggest change in the plan. The airport’s previous plan called for construction in 2018 in case FAA funds were available.
As a result, each of the other major projects was shifted back a year, with terminal apron expansion design set for 2020, terminal apron expansion construction for 2021 and ’22 and T-hangar construction slated for 2023.
The extension project would take the runway to 5,500 feet from its current 4,000 feet in order to accommodate larger aircraft. The only other regional airports with runways at least 5,500 feet long are Delaware County Regional Airport (6,500 feet) and Marion Municipal Airport (6,000 feet).
Extending the runway has been in the discussion and planning stages since 1999, with a justification study earning FAA approval in January 2015. Since then, the airport has moved forward with prep work, including an environmental study and soil testing, with phase two of the runway design to continue this year.
The project is currently estimated at $3.05 million, with 90 percent of that funding coming from the FAA, 5 percent from the state and 5 percent from the city.
As was the case this year, 2019 construction will be contingent on FAA funding.
“We will be ready to bid this project in May of ’19,” said Jason Clearwaters of Butler, Fairmanand Seufert, the airport’s engineering firm.
Portland Board of Aviation on Wednesday approved its updated capital improvements plan, outlining projects slated for the airport through 2023.
The shift of the runway extension construction to 2019 was the biggest change in the plan. The airport’s previous plan called for construction in 2018 in case FAA funds were available.
As a result, each of the other major projects was shifted back a year, with terminal apron expansion design set for 2020, terminal apron expansion construction for 2021 and ’22 and T-hangar construction slated for 2023.
The extension project would take the runway to 5,500 feet from its current 4,000 feet in order to accommodate larger aircraft. The only other regional airports with runways at least 5,500 feet long are Delaware County Regional Airport (6,500 feet) and Marion Municipal Airport (6,000 feet).
Extending the runway has been in the discussion and planning stages since 1999, with a justification study earning FAA approval in January 2015. Since then, the airport has moved forward with prep work, including an environmental study and soil testing, with phase two of the runway design to continue this year.
The project is currently estimated at $3.05 million, with 90 percent of that funding coming from the FAA, 5 percent from the state and 5 percent from the city.
As was the case this year, 2019 construction will be contingent on FAA funding.
“We will be ready to bid this project in May of ’19,” said Jason Clearwaters of Butler, Fairman
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