Micheal Reisman, deputy executive director of development and operations at Asheville Regional Airport, speaks during the official unveiling of a new temporary runway Wednesday morning. Board members and staff of the airport, Tina Kinsey, Matthew Burrill, K. Ray Bailey and Lew Bleiweis, stand next to Reisman on the temporary airstrip.A new temporary runway at Asheville Regional Airport will be commissioned into service Thursday morning.
The runway will temporarily replace the existing airstrip, which has been in service since the airport opened in 1961, until a permanent one is built in late 2017 or early 2018.
The temporary runway is 7,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, which is slightly narrower and shorter, and sits adjacent to the old runway.
It is being dubbed a temporary runway because it will used for all commercial, general aviation and military flight operations for a two-year period of time.
Michael Reisman, deputy director of development and operations, said the pavement strength and type of aircraft the temporary runway can support matches the permanent runway.
Airport officials said travelers should not notice a difference with the transition, other than the possibility of slight more aircraft taxi time.
The four-phase project, slated for completion in 2018, will result in a new permanent runway, with the temporary airstrip being converted into a taxiway on the west side of the airfield, according to a news release from the airport.
The project will also open up more than 40 acres of land for aeronautical development.
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