Aviation View | Volume 2, Issue 1

21 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 C O M E E N J O Y Your stay with us, you can choose from a Mansion on the River or a Cabin in the Woods. The open spaces of the Ohio River and the woods in Hartig Park; enjoy a variety of places to dine, to taste wine, bourbon, and moonshine. All this and the Southern Charm of our people. See you soon. Gallatin County Tourism | Visit: www.VisitGallatinCountyKY.com GALLAT IN COUNTY A I RPORT things about this is our location. In 2019, we managed to purchase an additional 50 acres of land which we used to create an access road – but that road is right off interstate 71 You exit the interstate and drive half a mile and you are at the airport site. A lot of general aviation airports are miles down a county road, but our ease of access is going to make us even more attractive.” The hope is that this is a three-stage project. With stage one – the purchase and clearing of the land – completed, it is on to stage two, which is about grading and drainage, as well as concrete and paving. The second FAA grant, of $8,000,000 is intended to complete a moderately large runway of 5500 x 75 feet. The grant covers 5000 feet, and the State of Kentucky Department of Aviation is paying for the additional 500 feet. Phase three would be runway lights, fence, fuel system, terminal building, box hangars for