- November 22, 2024
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There are 122 people on a waiting list for hangar space at the Flagler Executive Airport, and the airport plans to delay construction of a proposed new terminal building and instead construct a T-hangar first to add 42 new hangar spaces.
The airport has completed 59 projects since 2009, totaling $50 million
Hangar leases at the proposed new hangar are expected to bring the airport an extra $215,000 a year and increase the airport's fuel sales, and handling the hangar first probably won't delay the terminal construction too much, Airport Director Roy Sieger told Flagler County commissioners during a Jan. 24 commission workshop.
"What I’m thinking is that’s only going to be put out another year," he said at the workshop.
The airport recently completed design for the terminal building, which is "100% different — looks nothing like it did before," Sieger said.
Sieger had been expecting the hangar construction to be a $4.2 million job. With rising construction costs, estimates are now coming back closer to $6 million, but the Florida Department of Transportation might bear most of the cost with an 80% or 90% matching grant, leaving the airport itself to pay approximately $1.3 million or $654,000.
The terminal building would be a $10 million project, including $7 million for the construction, and is also expected to receive some funding from FDOT.
Other government funding will also cover a large chunk of the cost: The airport is receiving $69,000 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Airports Grant money, another $57,000 in Airport Coronavirus Response Grant money and $59,000 in Airport Rescue Grant funding, and is expected to receive almost $1.5 million in federal funding over five years as a result of the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Sieger is also applying for $10 million from a $100 million nationwide federal allocation for terminal building work.
The airport has completed 59 projects since 2009, totaling $50 million, Sieger said. Recent ones include the terminal design, runway rehabilitation, a new electrical vault and a wildlife hazard management plan with fencing to keep animals like deer off of the runways.
The airport has three projects underway, all with funding from the FDOT: the replacement of the airport's air traffic control tower equipment, design for the T-hangar, and design for the rehabilitation of Taxiway A, Sieger said.
