Runway Extension
The DeKalb County Airport is currently in the process of extending runway 9-27 from 5,000 ft to 7,100 ft. This project has been planned for over two decades. Recently we finished construction on the extension of CR 62 (2021), the grade and drain portion of the project (2022) and the runway construction itself (2023).
Construction Update: October 22nd, 2024
We are right down to the finish line on the NAVAID’s project. Our contractors were done weeks ago, and our local FAA technicians finished their last little bit of work on the localizer on Friday the 18th of October. So the MALSR lighting has been ready for flight check for weeks, the glideslope has been ready for well over a week, and the localizer is now ready, but we just learned that flight check can’t be here until November 12th. So everyone on the ground pulled it off but flight check scheduling will force us to miss our October 31st deadline. The good news is that the FAA charts publication will proceed and will be published on October 31st with all the new procedures and the approaches will be NOTAM’d as unavailable until flight check commissions the entire system. Let’s all cross our fingers for a smooth flight check on November 12th.
Thank you for your patience as we work our way through this multi-year project. Next year, the connecting parallel taxiway!
(NOTAM Page if applicable)