![]() ![]() ![]() Intermittent runway closures will occur, but the airport is working closely with airlines to prevent any disruption to normal operations. There are numerous phases of the project, with Phase One underway through early May. On-site jobs will total anywhere from a crew of eight up to thirty-plus during busier phases. Valley Construction based out of Rock Island, Illinois, is the lead contractor and expects to complete the project in November 2022. The shorter runway will be closest to the general aviation hangars creating a campus that is separate from commercial traffic, and commercial aircraft will have a much quicker route to and from the primary runway.” “These changes will benefit both commercial and general aviation traffic considerably. “This project has been a long time coming - we only know of one other commercial airport in the US that has a similar configuration,” said Benjamin Leischner AAE., executive director, Quad Cities International Airport. General aviation pilots must also contend with commercial air traffic. While safety is a primary concern of such a configuration, it also creates operational inefficiency whereby commercial flights have a longer taxi to reach the primary runway. Quad Cities International Airport is one of only a handful of US airports which still have more than two intersecting runways. The project involves shortening the general aviation runway by 1,500 feet and creating a new parallel taxiway to the airport’s primary 10,000-foot commercial runway. This $10 million dollar project is funded 100% by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ![]() MOLINE, ILLINOIS (April 27, 2022) - Construction to remove the “bullseye” configuration of the QC Airport’s airfield has begun. ![]()
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