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Durant wins $3 million state appropriation for control tower study; airport manager outlines hangar, parking and education plans
Summary
The Durant Airport director told the City Council a $3 million state appropriation will fund a siting study and design phase for a potential air traffic control tower and help advance hangar and aircraft parking projects aimed at boosting airport revenue and workforce training.
Durant's airport director told the City Council that the state legislature has appropriated $3,000,000 for an initial siting study and design phase for a new air traffic control tower, an appropriation the director said would begin work in April 2026.
The appropriation, the director said, would fund a siting study and the design phase and represents the first new control tower project in Oklahoma in decades. "This appropriation will fund a siting study and design phase starting around April 2026," the director said during the department reports. He said contingency planning places the likely tower location between the airport terminal and the Southeastern aviation campus.
Airport staff also outlined a design phase for a grant-funded…
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