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Acadiana Regional Airport director reports growth, hangar projects and a $10.7M wastewater ask tied to parish infrastructure
Summary
Airport director gave a midyear update: operations, hangar projects (corporate and a 135,000-sq-ft Aviation Exteriors facility), FAA/DOTD grants for tower rehab and runway overlay planning, and an announced $10.79M federal funding request for a new parish wastewater treatment facility listed on Senator Kennedy’s website.
Acadiana Regional Airport (ARA) officials told the Iberia Parish Council on June 25 that the airport is experiencing rising activity and pursuing several capital projects funded with FAA, DOTD and other grants.
Moe Sanji, identified in the meeting packet as the airport executive director, reported roughly 70,000 operations year-to-date (a landing or takeoff counts as an operation), about 80 based aircraft at ARA, and 14 based aircraft at LeMaire (the parish’s secondary field). The airport is designing a 90-by-100-foot corporate hangar with an estimated total…
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