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Oklahoma Airport Debuts New FBO Terminal
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The $3 million-plus project replaces a smaller, half century-old facility
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Oklahoma’s Miami Regional Airport (KMIO) has inaugurated the new terminal for its municipally-operated FBO. The cost of the $3.28 million project, which began last year, was split roughly evenly between the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA), the FAA, and the city of Miami.
It included a 4,000-sq-ft terminal with a passenger lobby, pilot lounge, showers, 16-seat conference room, landside porte-cochère, and outdoor observation patio. The new facility replaces the earlier 1970s-era terminal, which is attached to a 4,800-sq-ft hangar and will be repurposed as tenant offices.
“This new building is more than a showpiece; it is the new front door to Miami and the greater northeast Oklahoma region,” said ODAA director Grayson Ardies, adding that the facility is the result of community cooperation. “ODAA will continue to champion pro-growth aviation projects like this in Miami and at the other 107 airports around the state.”