{"id":19605,"date":"2021-10-05T14:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19605"},"modified":"2021-10-05T14:37:24","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:37:24","slug":"huntingburg-regional-runway-expansion-boon-for-airport-corporate-traffic-incorporates-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/indiana\/huntingburg-regional-runway-expansion-boon-for-airport-corporate-traffic-incorporates-tunnel\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Huntingburg Regional Runway Expansion Boon for Airport, Corporate Traffic; Incorporates Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Huntingburg Regional Airport is celebrating the\ncompletion of a runway expansion project that has already opened the door for an\nincrease in business aviation. Members of the community joined state and local\nofficials last week for the airport\u2019s ribbon cutting ceremony and even got the\nopportunity to cruise the newly paved and lengthened runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marty Blake<\/em>
Photo courtesy of Ferdinand News<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The project included the expansion of their runway from\n5,000 feet long to 5,501 feet long and from 75 feet wide to 100 feet wide. The runway\nlengthening also included Indiana\u2019s first tunnel in a public airport for cars\nto pass through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe extension and widening of Runway 9\/27 at Huntingburg\nAirport is the most important infrastructure project in the southwest region of\nIndiana in 2021,\u201d said Marty Blake, Manager of the INDOT Office of Aviation.\n\u201cThis project was the first of its kind in the State of Indiana where a local\nroad was tunneled for a runway.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blake said the partnerships between local, state, and\nfederal officials were critical in keeping the project on track during the\nchallenges posed by the COVID pandemic. \u201cEven though the road being closed was\na county road, INDOT has tunnel and bridge oversight for projects of this\nmagnitude.  Airport users can now fully\nload their aircraft with fuel purchased at Huntingburg, flying non-stop to\ntheir destination due to the increased runway length provided by this\nextension.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fr. Ron Kreilein, left, blesses the runway. Airport manager Travis McQueen assists. Photo courtesy of Ferdinand News.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Airport Manager Travis McQueen said the completion of the\nproject has had an immediate impact, noting that a Falcon 20 used the airfield.\nThe Airport Authority owns and operates the FBO, noted McQueen, which gives\nthem immediate feedback on fuel sales. \u201cIt\u2019s encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longer runway will also benefit businesses with based aircraft,\nallowing them to take on more fuel and have greater options when considering their\nfleet mix. This includes the companies McQueen refers to as the Big 5 – Kimball\nInternational, MasterBrand Cabinets, Jasper Engines and Transmissions, Best\nHome Furnishings and OFS Brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Attendees were invited to cruise down the newly lengthened and widened runway.  Photo courtesy of Ferdinand News<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Jim Hunsicker, president of the Dubois County Airport Authority (DCAA), stated, \u201cthis is a great opportunity for the public to see firsthand the most important mile of pavement in the region.\u201d He continued, \u201cthis project was years in the making and the foresight of airport board members from the past, but only comes with the important partnerships of the FAA, INDOT and our two partner contractors Weddle Brothers from Evansville and Appalachian Foothills Contracting from Lexington, KY.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Huntingburg Regional Airport is celebrating the completion of a runway expansion project that has already opened the door for an increase in business aviation. Members of the community joined state and local officials last week for the airport\u2019s ribbon cutting ceremony and even got the opportunity to cruise the newly paved and lengthened runway. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indiana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2629-cmyk-edit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19605"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19617,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19605\/revisions\/19617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}