Some corporate pilots are reluctant to use Denton Municipal Airport because it lacks a tower, he said. The runway extension should further increase corporate interest in the airport. The city plans to add 1,500 feet to the strip. A longer runway also would allow Denton to shut a portion of the runway for maintenance and still allow takeoffs for smaller, general aviation planes, which remain its bread and butter. The city is working with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to get funding.
Construction is three to five years away.
The taxiway realignment will come sooner with design beginning in 2002 and construction in 2003. Karon Wiedemann, director of grant management for TxDot, said Denton has requested a terminal building grant and the state may fund it in fiscal 2002, which begins Sept. 1. Construction would not begin until 2003. In the near-term, the airport is preparing to strut its stuff during its annual airshow on May 19, when acrobatic planes, warbirds and jet aircraft will perform. Earliest info on new businesses, homeowners Sales Prospecting Center Real info, real opportunities.