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Lee's Summit renames airport, adds hangars and pursues FAA control tower; city touts community use and school aviation program
Summary
Officials described the rebranding to Kansas City Lee's Summit Regional Airport, hangar expansions including a 40,000-sq-ft hangar and a 44,000-sq-ft interim terminal, pursuit of an FAA contract tower, and a planned aviation partnership with LSR7 schools.
Lee's Summit officials and airport manager Joel Arrington used the April 3 town hall to outline an expansion program at the city's airport, including a formal name change, new hangars and efforts to secure a federal air-traffic-control tower.
Name, hangars and terminal: "We have renamed it to the Kansas City Lee's Summit Regional Airport," Council member Cinda Raider said, and Arrington detailed physical projects: Hangar 1 provides full-service fuel and is about…
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