Kimball Municipal Airport building 6 new hangars

Kimball City Council approved a request from the local Airport Authority Board’s chairman Jason Lockwood for increased funds this year.

The request for more than $45,000 came at the regular board meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4. The total funding would be split up with $20,000 for operating costs and $25,000 for a new bond.

“If you’ve ever been out to the airport, you have seen that we have a construction project going on,” Lockwood explained. “We are doing a sizable expansion of the hangars.”

Lockwood said opening the doors of many of the aging hangars, which date back to the early...