The Homer airport runway will be closed for construction for three days between Oct. 20 and Oct. 26. Construction on this project began in 2023 and is expected to be completed in late 2024.
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, in cooperation with the Federal Aviation Administration, is rehabilitating and improving Homer Airport and associated airport facilities, including the runway, taxiways, and general aviation apron.
Throughout October, the runway has been subject to nightly closures, and the full three-day closure marks the project nearing its conclusion. The three days it will be closed are dependent on weather conditions but will fall sometime between the 20th and 26th of October.
In connection with the nightly closures, the runway will only partially open back up during the day, operating at half-width (50 feet).
The Homer Airport is a state-owned, public-use, primary commercial service airport serving the southern Kenai Peninsula and eastern Cook Inlet, and current airport facilities include a 6,701-foot-long by 150-foot-wide asphalt runway, passenger terminal, lighted helipad, flight service station, and floatplane facilities.
The current project includes rehabilitation of the runway, runway safety areas, taxiways A, B, and D, and the general aviation (GA) apron; construction of a new taxiway turnaround at the east end of the runway; expansion of the gravel tie-down area at the east end of the existing GA apron to the north; removal of terrain obstructions in the runway object free area; replacement of runway and taxiway edge lighting and existing visual approach slope indicators with precision approach path indicators on both runway ends; improvement of drainage, including replacing culverts, ditch grading, and reconstructing the Lampert Lake outfall; clearing and grubbing of vegetation; and adjustment of utilities as necessary.
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