NCDOT Awards State Funds for Improvements to Richmond County Airport

Kim Stevens North Carolina

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has awarded Richmond County Airport $745,000 for safety improvements.

The grant will help the airport replace its outdated lighting system with an LED system. Project bids are expected to open to contractors by June 8.

Richmond County Airport is one North Carolina’s 72 public airports that connect people and cargo to global markets. The airport is located three miles south of the city of Rockingham and west of the city of Hamlet. It annually contributes $4.7 million in economic impact, supports 35 jobs in the community and returns $193,000 in state and local taxes.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.