Airports
Alabama Airport Looks To Address Runway Safety Area Mandate
Faced with an FAA mandate to expand the runway safety area on Runway 18/36, Alabama’s Auburn University Regional Airport is looking to acquire land.
This image shows the property that Auburn University Regional Airport is looking to acquire from its golf club neighbor to satisfy the FAA mandate for its Runway 18/36 runway safety area. If the plan is approved, the approximately $8.5 million project would begin in 2024.  (Image: Auburn University Regional Airport).
This image shows the property that Auburn University Regional Airport is looking to acquire from its golf club neighbor to satisfy the FAA mandate for its Runway 18/36 runway safety area. If the plan is approved, the approximately $8.5 million project would begin in 2024. (Image: Auburn University Regional Airport).

Faced with an FAA mandate to expand the runway safety area (RSA) on its primary Runway 18/36, Alabama’s Auburn University Regional Airport (KAUO) is looking to expand its property into neighboring land that is now occupied by a golf course. Under a plan now being considered, the university-owned airport would acquire a portion of land that spans a road and a section of the Indian Pines Golf Course, to increase its 300-foot RSA to a standard 1,000 feet.