The Virginia Aviation Board has awarded the Montgomery County Montgomery Executive Airport $142,736.33 for improvements at the airport.
The money is to be used to purchase additional security cameras, to acquire land in what is dubbed phase three of the extension of airport runway 12-30, and for further construction work in phase two of the runway extension.
The award is one of 27 such awards distributed to airports across the commonwealth to fund 40 projects designed to improve both the airports and the services they provide. The awards totaled $6.54 million.
“Public-use airports in Virginia are vital to the success of any region’s economic development efforts,” said Rod Hall, chairman of the Virginia Aviation Board. “Our investment in these 27 airports will only help the communities they serve.”
Mark Flynn, director of the Virginia Department of Aviation, said about the awards, “We had a terrific mix of small, medium and large improvement projects that went before the Board of Aviation. And the $6.54 million the board approved is one of the largest awards ever to support general aviation regional, community and local service airports in Virginia.”
Aviation is a $23 billion economic engine that employs more than 146,000 people and pays more than $7.7 billion in wages across the 66 public-use airports in Virginia.
