Over the next decade, Lexington Blue Grass Airport will expand its terminal, relocate and expand its rental car facility and move the air traffic control tower.
Amy Caudill, the airport’s vice president of marketing and community relations, says the terminal was last refreshed two decades ago. Passenger traffic has grown in the years since.
“We are looking to expand the terminal, so that we have additional room to satisfy all the new customers that are coming through this airport,” she said. “We've been very fortunate in the last couple of years to see increased travelers coming through, both just from increased demand and also larger airplanes.”
Caudill says new fuel storage capacity will allow the airport to serve the larger aircraft that carriers are operating, such as Airbus A319s and A320s.
The current air traffic tower has been in service since 1970. Caudill said moving the tower would help the airport expand its terminal and help air traffic controllers see the airfield better.
“The air traffic control tower is currently located in a position that is preventing the airport from expanding its parking, expanding the curbside in front of the terminal, and by moving it would allow us to allow more space for ground transportation options,” she said. “It also would help them to modernize their facilities, since it is aging at this point, and also allow them to be better positioned in a spot where they can see the airfield better.”
