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Old 03-30-2009, 05:58 AM
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Leesburg's airport is receiving $4.5 million in stimulus money to expand their main runway by 1,300 feet. You can read the full story in the Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,7930056.story

Is Leesburg near The Villages, and will this extension mean that full service commercial jets (i.e., Southwest) will be able to utilize Leesburg if they so choose? More convenient for Villagers to fly into, but also possibly more noise impact for Villagers?
Trying to extend it for future traffic to land there. Possibly commercial. Has to be so long for ILS landings. St. Johns River Mgmt holding up process possibly. Not an issue for noise to The Villages. about 14 miles from here. The airport is on the east side of leesburg..