Airport board revokes request to build aircraft hangar

Texarkana Regional Airport is seen on Nov. 20 in Texarkana, Ark. The airport is getting a new terminal and a flight training school will be built. Dr. Kenny Haskins, the Arkansas-side city manager, anticipates even more growth to come for the airport and the rest of the city.
Texarkana Regional Airport is seen on Nov. 20 in Texarkana, Ark. The airport is getting a new terminal and a flight training school will be built. Dr. Kenny Haskins, the Arkansas-side city manager, anticipates even more growth to come for the airport and the rest of the city.

TEXARKANA, Ark. - Texarkana Flight Training School won't be building an aircraft hangar here anytime soon.

Following 19 months of negotiations with the school's president, Lonny Weitzel, the airport's Authority Board rescind plans to allow Weitzel to build his own hangar on airport property, during their Thursday monthly meeting.

Board members cited constant changes in Weitzel's building plans as the reason and voted in a seven to one decision to rescind plans for the construction.

"Everything you propose to do you keep changing," Board Chairman Ray Abernathy told Weitzel during the meeting.

One of the more recent changed decisions regarding the proposed hangar, included a request to re-designate it as a private hangar rather then a business hangar.

Board member Don Ruggles, who was the only board member to disagree with the other seven members, recommended that the board expunge its decision to deny Weitzel the chance to build his school hangar and start negotiations over again.

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