Savannah-Hardin County Airport (SNH)

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 1 310 West Park Avenue, Greenwood, MS 38930 | P: (662) 453-2424 | F: (662) 453-6783 | www.rcconst.net FedEx Golden Triangle Ramp Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TN Savannah-Hardin Runway Replacement Savannah-Hardin County Airport, Savannah, TN Reconstruction of Runway 05-23 Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, NC PAVING THE FUTURE RC specializes in concrete pavement at military and commercial and general aviation airfields and owns three portable concrete plants with three slipform pavers including all support equipment. The company possesses over 40 years’ experience and expertise in heavy civil horizontal construction, executing several million square yards of airfield pavements, including underground utilities (drainage, water, and fuel distribution), and airfield electrical installations. Additionally, RC has completed several design-build projects for the United States Corps of Engineers. The airport sees about 3500 activities per year; about 50 percent general aviation – owners of small private planes – and there is a good amount of student flight activity, thanks to the GPS Rnav (aRea NAVigation) approach. “They love our open area to be able to fly in here, it’s great for student training,” says Seaton. “There are several flight schools in the surrounding area that come in but one of my initiatives is to either have a flight training school open here or I’d like to have an Airframe and Power Plant (A&P) technical school for aircraft maintenance.” SNH is primed for expansion and growth. The airport owns 325 acres with about 10 acres that are near shovel ready to start building additional facilities right away, and probably 25 acres that could eventually be developed if someone came in and wanted to build. Regional airports always have a need for more hangar space and Savannah-Hardin County is no exception. Currently, they have 16 T-hangars for small