{"id":2580,"date":"2025-10-14T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/2580\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:00:08","slug":"tampa-executive-airport-wraps-up-an-array-of-airfield-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/2580\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Executive Airport wraps up an array of airfield improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a class=\"pp_cb_imagegallery_7535093\" data-sharepath=\"https:\/\/news.tampaairport.com\/asset\/dbaa59f4-a8ba-4645-a050-bc7a9b098173\/vdfrunway18-36rehabilitation\" data-uuid=\"dbaa59f4-a8ba-4645-a050-bc7a9b098173\" data-sourcepath=\"https:\/\/content.presspage.com\/uploads\/2278\/dbaa59f4-a8ba-4645-a050-bc7a9b098173\/vdfrunway18-36rehabilitation.jpg?10000\" data-uploadid=\"1782824\" data-filename=\"vdfrunway18-36rehabilitation.jpg\" data-title=\"VDF Runway 18-36 rehabilitation\" data-description=\"AnafiUSA 1.10.7\" data-copyright=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-attr-hash=\"8337785d63f138e6c7dd472ea21041a8a7181eac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1920_vdfrunway18-36rehabilitation.jpg\">&#13;<br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"pp-inline-image pp-left pp-mr20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1920_vdfrunway18-36rehabilitation.jpg\" alt=\"VDF Runway 18-36 rehabilitation\" title=\"VDF Runway 18-36 rehabilitation - AnafiUSA 1.10.7\"\/>   &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                VDF Runway 18-36 rehabilitation&#13;\n            <\/p>\n<p>          &#13;<br \/>\n         <\/a>        <\/p>\n<p>Tampa Executive Airport (VDF) is putting the finishing touches this week on multi-year airfield upgrade projects\u00a0that have thoroughly modernized the Tampa Bay region\u2019s busiest General Aviation facility.<\/p>\n<p>Work began in 2020 to reconstruct the 5,000-foot Runway 5-23, VDF\u2019s primary runway, as part of a multi-phase comprehensive improvement project to improve facilities and augment safety. New signage, electrical systems and bright and efficient LED lighting also were installed.<\/p>\n<p>The new lighting was installed across the facility, including on the airfield, the airfield\u2019s signage and around the airport\u2019s hangars to improve visibility and security. VDF\u2019s medium-intensity approach lighting system, which helps pilots land, also was upgraded.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image_resized image-style-align-right\" style=\"aspect-ratio:400\/auto;width:400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/800_vdfprojecttaxiwayedgelight.jpg\" alt=\"VDF project taxiway edge light\" width=\"400\" height=\"auto\"\/>By July 2024, work began to improve 5-23\u2019s associated taxiways to allow larger General Aviation aircraft. For the final phase, secondary Runway 18-36, Apron C and its taxiways all have been rehabilitated. Apron C is VDF\u2019s main apron, where larger aircraft connect with fixed-base operator Skyport Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>All the work was completed while VDF remained open, requiring a complex series of phased closures to minimize the impact on tenants and the airport\u2019s roughly 100,000 annual flight operations. Three privately developed hangars due to open in 2026 also are under construction. Finishing touches like painting stripes and markings are being completed this month.<\/p>\n<p>The work at VDF cost $33 million and included funds from the Florida Department of Transportation and\u00a0federal Airport Improvement Program grants, and Hillsborough County Aviation Authority funds and capital reserves.<\/p>\n<p>CW\u00a0Roberts Contracting was the prime contractor for Runway 5-23 and its taxiways, with electrical and lighting by Aviation Construction and Electric. Ajax Industries was the prime contractor for work on Runway 18-36 and its taxiways, with H.L. Pruitt Corp. working on electrical and lighting.<\/p>\n<p>Click on a photo below to enlarge or download it:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        &#8216;;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; VDF Runway 18-36 rehabilitation&#13; &#13; Tampa Executive Airport (VDF) is putting the finishing touches this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1127,3141,115,135,138,137,136],"class_list":["post-2580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-construction","tag-general-aviation","tag-news","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-airport","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}