Preparing for expansions

As the use of Shively Airfield continues to increase, the need for it to expand to accommodate a high number of aircraft and larger jets increases as well. At the Sept. 11 meeting of the Saratoga Airport Advisory Board, discussion about the upcoming apron expansion took center stage as Dave Shultz of Sage Civil Engineering updated the board on a pre-design conference call with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WyDOT).

“We just discussed what needs to happen when. We didn’t go into a lot of details because those will come up as we get into t...