Ribbon cutting marks takeoff for Pullman Airport

2019 debuted the ending of a three-year construction project and month-long closure of the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. The award at the end was a new 7,100 foot runway.

The airport was closed for a month to transition to the longer runway equipped with an Instrument Landing System to create a more reliable all-weather airport. Pilots can now land with an instrument approach which uses radio signals and high-intensity lighting arrays.

The ribbon-cutting event was held on the former runway for the airport where hundreds listened to speakers who were involved with the project.

Each person in attendance was able to take part in the ribbon that stretched across the runway for the ribbon cutting.

Tony Bean, airport director, said now that the runway is complete the airport will go on to build a parallel taxi-way and start designs next year for a new terminal.

According to Kevin Mulcaster, project manager for Mead & Hunt, more than 300 employees worked on the $154 million project.