After decades of use, the terminal at the Sedona Airport is getting some repairs.
“We have rotten structural beams that haven’t been paid attention to ever,” Sedona Airport General Manager Ed Rose said.
The $21,000 project was approved by the airport’s board of directors earlier this year.
“All of the rotten parts will be pulled out and replaced with an epoxy, wrapped with a fiberglass fabric then sealed up,” Rose said.
The beams sit above the small patio that connects the building to the runway entrance gate. These beams are also integral to the terminals’ overall structure.
Although the airport was inaugurated in 1955, the current terminal building and structural integrity have only been around since the early 1990s. The airport serves multiple helicopter and airplane tour companies, as well as private fliers in the area. In the past 67 years, the two-mile runway became a focal point for the community and the tarmac host to annual automobile and aircraft shows.
Similar to this repair project, the airport has been working on other construction work to update the airport. Most significantly, the airport’s new jet fuel farm is still expected to be up and running by the end of the year, or what Rose hopes for as an early Christmas present.
“Everything revolves around the ability to have an adequate supply of fuel, and we have an aging system that’s 34 years old that’s no longer compliant, and we want to make sure that everything on this facility is as compliant as possible,” Rose said earlier this year about the project.
The new $4 million fuel farm, which will be located a few yards from the current farm, includes a third Jet-A fuel tank that can hold between 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of fuel. The new farm infrastructure will include a fuel spillage containment system and self-service stations.
Construction for the new fuel farm broke ground this past April. The airport’s board of directors hope construction will begin soon on the terminal.
