West Chicago project has a price tag of $3.5 million and is expected to take four months to complete. Longer runways will help serve corporate flights and national security operations for events like a presidential visit or the NATO summit.
The DuPage Airport is extending its second-longest runway. Construction on the $3.5 million project, which took five years to receive Federal Aviation Administration approval, began this month and is expected to take four months to complete. The runway will be extended 1343 feet and will span 6350 feet upon completion, making it capable to accommodate the largest corporate jets. David Bird, executive director of the airport located in West Chicago, just east of St. Charles, said the lengthened runway will proide the airport with further operational flexibility and added safety. "This construction project allows us to use our extended secondary runway as a backup when maintenance is being performed on the primary runway," Bird said in a …
renee riani
8:15 pm on Thursday, June 14, 2012
An airport such as DuPage is an economic boon to the Tri-Cities. Keep up the good work over there! more ›