Southwest Virginia Airports Receive Funds For Improvements

Three southwest Virginia airports are receiving funds for improvements as part of 20 projects at eleven airports across the Commonwealth. Virginia Highlands is receiving more than 850 thousand dollars for taxilane, and roadway rehabilitation as well as a runway extension . Tazewell County and Mountain Empire Airports are also receiving funding to support improvement projects. The money is allocated from the Virginia Aviation Board, which also approved the Commercial Air Service Plan, which details the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial passenger airports in Virginia