[JYO] Leesburg Airport will close for repairs Summer 2005

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Leesburg Airport will close for  repairs 
By Sarah Ingle  
11/09/2004


Leesburg Executive Airport will  be closed to all traffic for two to four 
weeks and closed to large aircraft for  an additional 60 days next summer while 
its runway is repaved.  


The Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to award a  construction 
contract to Chemung Contracting Corp. for a $3.5 million project to  replace 
the 
runway's old pavement. The town will pay about 1 percent of the  project's 
costs while the Federal Aviation Administration pays 95 percent and  the 
Virginia 
Department of Aviation pays 4 percent. 

 
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 According to Capital Projects  Director Nagi Elsewaissi, the repaving 
of the northern and southern halves of  the runway will take about 60 days. 
During this 60-day period, spanning June and  July 2005, small aircraft will be 
able to use the airport, but large aircraft  that require longer runways will 
not.

Starting around the first week in  August, the runway will be closed to all 
air traffic for two to three weeks,  Elsewaissi said, while the marriage of the 
two paving projects occurs. Airport  Director Cindi Martin said this phase 
may take as long as four weeks if bad  weather slows it down.

The airport will be open to all traffic in late  August and September, while 
the pavement is allowed to cure, Elsewaissi said.  Then it will be closed 
again to all aircraft for two to three days in late  September or early October 
while crews groove the pavement's surface for better  traction.

Council member Bob Zoldos said he was concerned about the  lengthy closing of 
the airport and asked whether crews could speed up the  process with longer 
shifts. Elsewaissi said the project could not proceed any  faster than planned 
because the pavement needs time to set properly.

In  addition to repaving, the project will upgrade the runway's lighting 
system and  add a new taxiway connector.

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