Oklahoma City Airport Trust approves package of contracts, amendments and grant applications for Will Rogers, Wiley Post and Clarence E. Page

The Oklahoma City Airport Trust on Feb. 27, 2025, approved a package of construction contracts, amendments, leases and grant applications covering Will Rogers International Airport, Wiley Post Airport and Clarence E. Page Airport.

The approvals fund runway and terminal work, hangar construction, concessions and several professional-services agreements. Director of Airports (staff member) highlighted visible construction at Hangar 4, saying, "If the next time you're out at the airport and drive out to the airport for a flight or a meeting, you'll start to see that Hangar 4, which is being constructed for AR, is starting to take shape. Steel is being erected and it's pretty noticeable when you start driving up towards the airport." The board moved through the agenda with little debate and approved the items by motion and second; vote tallies were not specified on the record.

Why it matters: the actions authorize contractor increases and new agreements that will affect terminal operations, airfield capacity and tenant operations. They also include multiple grant applications to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics, which could bring federal and state funds to airport capital projects.

Key project and contract approvals - Will Rogers International Airport: The trust ratified and approved an addendum with Globe Construction for common-use gates and a ticket counter ($613,100); a professional-services agreement with Concourse Communication Group for wireless operations and maintenance; ground service agreements with hotels and ground handlers; a concession agreement with MidFirst Bank to operate ATMs; and multiple change orders and amendments, including a Duet Construction change order for reconstruction of Runway 17R (a net increase listed as $16,004.68 in the packet), an Atlas Paving Company change order increasing Mike Monroney Boulevard repairs by $5,822, a Globe Construction change order for terminal restroom renovation (increase $17,019), and a Downey Contracting change order for the federal inspection services facility (increase $1,466,584.18). The board also approved additional program-management and inspection-service amendments, and a resolution authorizing grant applications for passenger boarding-bridge replacement and terminal renovation phases. (Details and amounts are listed in the meeting packet; some packet notations were brief or presented as line items without separate spoken explanation.)

- Wiley Post Airport: The trust approved an assumption agreement conveying a T-hangar unit and Amendment No. 2 with T.J. Campbell Construction for drainage improvements (increase $135,632 and 27 calendar days). The board also authorized advertising a request for proposals for real-estate brokerage services and approved joint resolutions to submit grant applications to the FAA for a terminal program and a federal contract tower (to construct a new air-traffic control tower) and to the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics for box-hangar construction.

- Clarence E. Page Airport: The trust approved multiple lease agreements for specified block and lot numbers, and approved joint resolutions to submit grant applications to the FAA and the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics for hangar-development taxi lanes and box-hangar construction. The board also ratified a director-level purchase for a software-as-a-service agreement with 1,200 Aero (estimated cost $17,400 for Feb. 15, 2025–Feb. 14, 2030).

Other approvals and administrative items - The trust adopted or ratified a suite of general items, including an airport concession disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) overall goal for FY2025–FY2027; an Amendment No. 1 professional-services agreement with Park Hill Smith & Cooper for facilities maintenance and engineering services; and an Amendment No. 5 with Price Edwards & Company for real-estate brokerage services. The meeting also approved easements for several Southwest 112 and Southwest 80th Street parcels, requisition payments and routine purchase orders. All listed motions were approved after a motion and second; the record notes the items "pass" but does not include roll-call tallies.

Votes at a glance (items approved; vote tallies not specified) - Approve minutes of Jan. 23, 2025 meeting — approved - Will Rogers omnibus items a–z (contracts, change orders, grant resolutions, concession agreements) — approved - Wiley Post omnibus items a–e (hangar conveyance, drainage amendment, RFPs, grant resolutions) — approved - Clarence E. Page omnibus items a–k (leases, grant resolutions, SaaS ratification) — approved - General agenda items (DBE goal, professional services amendments, plans and bidding documents) — approved - Easements and requisitions — approved

Quotes and context Director of Airports (staff member) described active construction at Hangar 4 and ongoing airfield work, including runway reconstruction and a drainage retention project: "Steel is being erected and it's pretty noticeable when you start driving up towards the airport." The board chair presided over routine motions to approve the packet items; formal roll-call vote counts were not provided in the transcript.

Meeting context and next steps Most items moved through as consent or omnibus approvals with little discussion. Several approved resolutions direct staff to submit grant applications to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics; those grant applications, if awarded, would provide external funding for terminal and hangar projects. The meeting concluded with staff acknowledgments and no public comments before adjournment.

Ending There were no public commenters and the trust adjourned after completing the agenda.