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New Smyrna airport director outlines National Guard relocation, $13 million runway rebuild and June Blue Angels air show
Summary
Evan Lester, the new executive director of the Smyrna‑Rutherford County Airport Authority, briefed the Town Council on major airport projects, including a finished $13 million reconstruction of Runway 11/9, planned runway and taxiway work, a proposed National Guard relocation and the June Great Tennessee Air Show headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Evan Lester, the new executive director of the Smyrna‑Rutherford County Airport Authority, told the Smyrna Town Council that the airport is preparing for a large increase in activity tied to a planned Tennessee Air and Army National Guard relocation and a major airshow this summer.
Lester described the airport as “an FAA part 139 certificated airport,” one of eight in Tennessee with that certificate, and said the field supports corporate and recreational aviation with two runways (an 8,038‑foot runway and a 5,500‑foot runway) and roughly 1,700 acres of airport property. He said the airport sold more than 2.5 million gallons of fuel last year and logged about 20,000 annual operations.
Lester said the Tennessee Air and Army National Guard has selected Smyrna as its preferred relocation site from…
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