Airports
Oklahoma Airport Wraps Runway Rehab
Oklahoma’s Watonga Regional Airport reopened its 4,000 foot Runway 17/35, after it underwent a five-month-long reconstruction project.
Oklahoma's Watonga Regional Airport has concluded a five-month-long, nearly $3 million rehabilitation project on its Runway 17/35. Photo: Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission)
Oklahoma's Watonga Regional Airport has concluded a five-month-long, nearly $3 million rehabilitation project on its Runway 17/35. Photo: Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission)

Oklahoma’s Watonga Regional Airport (KJWG) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today for the reopening of its 4,000-foot Runway 17/35 after it underwent a five-month-long reconstruction project, its first in more than a quarter-century. The $2.8 million pavement rehabilitation effort, funded entirely with FAA grants, also included the installation of LED runway edge lighting and an obstruction survey to develop new instrument approach procedures aimed at providing 24/7 access to the airport in all weather conditions.