KY – A long-awaited expansion is coming to Muhlenberg County Airport (M21) in Greenville, Kentucky. Governor Andy Beshear spoke at the August groundbreaking ceremony, thanking everyone involved in bringing the project to fruition and echoing the excitement of the surrounding communities. The airport is building ...
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TN – Duluth, Minnesota-based Cirrus Aircraft first established their presence at Knoxville’s McGhee-Tyson Airport (TYS) in 2015 with the construction of a $2.4 million Aircraft Factory Service Center and the company shows no signs of slowing down. With sales of Cirrus aircraft projected to increase ...
FL – Million Air announced it has acquired the Jacksonville Jetport FBO at the Jacksonville Cecil Spaceport (VQQ) in Florida. The 28.8-acre facility has been rebranded, and Million Air plans to completely recondition the FBO terminal. The first phase of the renovation will be a ...
FL – Time may be running out for the 47 homeowners of Tarpine Airpark, located just south of Panacea, down the road from Tallahassee in northern Florida. The HOA of the airpark has had an agreement with Wakulla County since 1987 for through-the-fence access to ...
TN – West Star Aviation announced in July the opening of a newly acquired and renovated hangar at Lovell Field Airport (CHA) in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The building comprises 19,200 SF of hangar space and 7,000 SF of shop space that will be used as a ...
GA – The runway at Vidalia Regional Airport (VDI) in Vidalia, Georgia, had needed repairs for several years due to cracks in some of its concrete panels. Airport management originally applied for funding to upgrade the runway because of growing demand, and $2.2 million was ...
SC – Rock Hill York County Airport (UZA) in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is a full-service general aviation reliever facility in the Charlotte, North Carolina, region that services all segments of civilian aviation except scheduled commercial flights. Catering to businesses and corporate flight departments, private ...
TN – Members of the John C. Tune family and civic officials celebrated a milestone in the reconstruction of 78 hangars, a new air traffic control tower, and other renovations at John C. Tune Airport (JWN) in Nashville, Tennessee, following the destruction caused by a ...
GA – Ten years ago, the aviation program at Auburn University in Auburn, Georgia, had 100 students. In contrast, by this fall it expects to have 700 undergraduates enrolled. The university’s School of Aviation trains pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and hangar service crewmembers. The program ...
TN – The 134th Air Refueling Wing of the Tennessee Air National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting in June for their new $31 million aircraft hangar at the joint public/military McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base and Airport (TYS) 10 miles south of Knoxville. Construction of the ...