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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Jackie Seipel
Leesburg Executive Airport
jseipel@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7125
New Aircraft Hangars Completed at Leesburg Executive
Airport
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Scheduled for Thursday, September 2, 2010
Leesburg, VA (August 18, 2010) – On Thursday, September 2, 2010, the Leesburg Town Council,
Leesburg Airport Commission and Town staff will celebrate the completion of new aircraft
hangars on the South Apron at the Leesburg Executive Airport. At 6:00 p.m., prior to the
Leesburg Airport Commission’s regular monthly meeting, Town officials will hold a ribbon
cutting ceremony in front of the hangars.
“Continued growth of airport capabilities is a major goal for the Town” said Dennis Boykin,
Chairman of the Leesburg Executive Airport Commission. “Airports are about commerce, not
about airplanes, and we need to continually strive to add facilities in order support economic
development. As an important part of our transportation infrastructure, the Airport needs to
stay ahead of demand. Adding additional hangars brings additional businesses, and with that,
additional economic development.”
The South Apron Hangar project includes ten new T-hangars and six new executive aircraft
hangars. These hangars replace T-hangars that were damaged in a snowstorm in 2002 and
demolished. With the completion of these hangars, the Leesburg Executive Airport now has 46
T-hangars and 11 executive aircraft hangars.
“When the Town updated the Airport Master Plan in 2006, we identified the need for more
hangar space,” explained Tim Deike, Airport Director. “The demand has been constant for
aircraft hangars. Currently, we have 32 people waiting for T-hangar space and 30 people on the
waiting list for tie-downs. By increasing our based aircraft population through leasing tie-
downs and hangars, the Airport becomes more financially sustainable.”
Construction of the South Apron Hangars began in April 2009 and the hangars were completed
in August 2010. The total project cost was $2.8 million. The Town of Leesburg received
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$929,568 in funding from the Virginia Department of Aviation for the project site work which
included taxiways, drainage improvements and fencing.
The hangar project is Phase Two of the airport’s overall plan for the development of the South
Apron. Completed in Spring 2009, Phase One expanded the South Apron by two acres and
created an additional 31 paved aircraft tie-down spaces. Phase Three will expand the paved
aircraft parking area again, providing additional aircraft tie-down spaces, and will relocate the
existing fuel farm. Phase Three is scheduled to begin construction in Spring 2014.
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