Airport officials are upgrading the runway at the Myrtle Beach International Airport and it could delay some flights.
The runway is more than 20 years old and needs to be brought up to FAA standards, said Kirk Lovell, the Assistant Director of Airports for Horry County.
The work is scheduled to begin in October and run through March, he said.
Lovell said the work is planned around usual flight schedules and overnight to impact travel as little as possible.
"The timing is set so we have hard closers that allow scheduled flights to operate on their schedule, but if there's long delays there's a chance those flights will be delayed, or cancelled, or people could be rerouted," he said.
He said the upgrades, which will include new lighting as well as the runway, will cost about $20 million.
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