New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

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Grisee08
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New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:04 am

KMWA - Marion/Williamson County has started construction on a new facitility, MUCH larger than the current one, so I am asking myself what future plans are? Do they intend to intice carriers to come in?
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enilria
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:56 am

No idea where this is. Every state has a Williamson County.
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:01 am

It is located in Marion,Illinois. However, I believe new terminal as opposed to a whole new airport, but I could be in error.
I flew there once to try out Cape Air. Stayed out by the mall and new baseball stadium. Was bitterly disappointed new areas had zero sidewalks. Not a very pedestrian friendly area of town I guess.
Hope the new digs are nice.

Also saw an article dated last November with pics of structure going up, so it seems it has been 'being built' for awhile now.

[Edited 2016-03-06 21:07:06]
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bigb
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:32 am

Just a replacement terminal for the aging 1980s terminal. Cape Air currently has daily service to STL from KMWA. Haven't heard of any airlines looking to serve MWA thought. A lot of SIU students practice their instrument approaches there.
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Tue Mar 08, 2016 12:25 am

Is there still a Mexican Restaurant in the (old) terminal?
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Tue Mar 08, 2016 2:20 am

When I first saw Williamson County my mind went straight to Kentucky. That would have been quite a waste of money. Marion/Carbondale at least makes sense, sort of.

Quoting enilria (Reply 1):

Having been in all 14 counties in my fine state, I don't recall seeing such a county.
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Grisee08
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:24 pm

Quoting atct (Reply 4):
Is there still a Mexican Restaurant in the (old) terminal?

Nope, Sergio's is gone. I think they moved to a new location. I don't think the airport has any current food/drink vendor. It's been gone for quite some time. It is a new terminal, I don't know why I used the term airport. I don't know if the new terminal will have a restaurant inside.
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RE: New Airport Coming To Williamson County (KMWA)

Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:28 pm

Quoting IMissPiedmont (Reply 5):
When I first saw Williamson County my mind went straight to Kentucky.

My thought was Tennessee. It's one of the 10 wealthiest counties in the nation. I was like no way the NIMBY's in those big mansions are going to let an airport in there.
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