SPRINGFIELD/BRANSON NATIONAL AIRPORT—
Mission Accomplished.
Mission Accomplished.
Springfield-Branson National Airport will will rededicate its longest runway, marking the end of a capital improvements program that began in 2006.
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The runway has been closed since June for repaving, even shutting down the airport for a three-day period in August.
“This has been the largest capital improvements program in the airport’s 66 year history,” says Brian Weiler, the airport’s director of aviation. “The improvements that have been made give the community and the region a world-class airport that will serve us well for years to come.”
The capital improvements program began with the ground breaking for the airport’s new terminal in May of 2006. Since then the airport has finished the following projects for an approximate cost of $148.6 million.
The new Midfield Terminal was the most expensive of the projects, costing $117 million. It opened in 2009.
The airport also installed a new fire station, added new firetrucks and equipment and laid down a new access road to the fire station.
Other improvements included the repaving of both runways and a new aircraft taxiway.
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