Mon, Jul 19, 2004

Wichita Could Soon See A New Private Airport

Businessman Could Soon Build New 5,000 Ft. Runway Near Valley Center

Remember this name: Dan Claassen.

He's the guy a lot of people in Sedgewick County (KS) believe will build the next local airport. The Wichita Eagle quotes anonymous sources as saying Claassen is looking into funding a private strip north of Wichita, near Valley Center.

"He wants to put together a private airport based around aviation business," says one person familiar with the project, in an interview with the Eagle. "It's going to be big, I'll put it that way."

Claassen himself is so far pretty tight-lipped about the venture, saying only that it "will be the biggest thing to happen in Sedgwick County this year."

So far, though, Claassen, who runs The Fuel Outlet, hasn't filed the FAA paperwork necessary to operate the airport. He still hasn't fought the kinds of zoning battles he'll need to fight to get the airport approved.

But that unnamed source close to the project tells the Eagle, "it is a pretty neat deal."

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