A public hearing on a proposed plan for future improvements at the Murfreesboro Municipal Airport will be held before the Murfreesboro Planning Commission on Wednesday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. in City Hall council chambers. If planning commissioners give it the nod, the proposed Airport Layout Plan will be forwarded to the Murfreesboro City Council to consider for adoption.
Development of this Airport Layout Plan began in 2008, according to Airport Manager Chad Gehrke. Throughout the process, the proposed plan has been reviewed and coordinated by the Tennessee Department of Transportation-Division of Aeronautics and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airport is looking to extend their runway. The runway extension will enable larger, light twin engine, B-II category, aircraft currently using the facility to have a safer and more efficient use of the airport.