FOX FIELD EXPANSION WORK NEAR COMPLETION; 7,200-FOOT RUNWAY WILL TOP LONGEST AT BURBANK AIRPORT.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer Expansion of Fox Field's runway runway: see airport. is expected to be completed this month, making the airport more attractive to pilots and giving neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Lancaster another economic development tool. The $4.2 million project will give Fox a 7,200-foot-long runway, more than 300 feet longer than any runway at Burbank Airport. The work began last summer when 1,200 feet was added to the runway's east end. County and Lancaster officials expect the longer runway will help attract more aviation businesses and provide more transportation possibilities for other local companies. Lancaster officials are trying to bring commercial and industrial development to 1,800 acres of open desert near Fox Field, at Avenue G and 60th Street West. This summer, work is being done on the runway's west end. ``Tentatively ten·ta·tive adj. 1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans. 2. Uncertain; hesitant. we'll be paving the runway next week,'' said Ted Gustin, chief of the aviation division of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
The department already has received a couple of calls about the project from jet aircraft owners looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new base, Gustin said. ``This is an enhancement that makes it attractive for commuter aircraft,'' said Lancaster Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
Lancaster is negotiating with the county to acquire 120 acres next to Fox Field as a potential site for new businesses. Lancaster is offering Los Angeles County $1.4 million for the open field along Avenue G between 50th and 45th streets west, east of the airport entrance and south of the terminal building and runway. City officials are talking with potential users of the property, including those seeking locations for distribution centers and others wanting office space. About 230 aircraft are based at the field, and the county's master plan projects an increase to 365 aircraft by 2013. The plan projects that landings and takeoffs will increase from 119,000 a year to 198,000 by 2013. |
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