TEX reopens

(l-r) Ed Roufa, TEX vice chairman, Rich Nutall, airport manager, John Micetic, TEX chairman, astronaut Neal Armstrong, and Scott McQuade, Telluride Tourism Board CEO, cut the ribbon on the improvement project. Photo by Brett Schreckengost

(l-r) Ed Roufa, TEX vice chairman, Rich Nutall, airport manager, John Micetic, TEX chairman, astronaut Neal Armstrong, and Scott McQuade, Telluride Tourism Board CEO, cut the ribbon on the improvement project. Photo by Brett Schreckengost

Local officials and community supporters, including astronaut Neil Armstrong, gathered on the Telluride Regional Airport (TEX) reconstructed runway Dec. 17 to celebrate the official re-opening of the airport after a $22 million construction project.

The event was a recognition of the completion of Phase II of the airport’s reconstruction — a modernization project that included the removal of the existing runway, reducing grades, widening safety areas, extending the length of the runway and adding new runway lighting. Phase III of the reconstruction, set to begin in 2010, will widen the remaining safety areas and add an engineered material arresting system (EMASS).

For more information: TellurideAirport.com.



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