No site chosen for new Orange County airport

The Chapel Hill News
September 30, 2008
By Bill Roper and Holden Thorp

Horace Williams Airport occupies an extremely valuable piece of property owned by the university that’s at the heart of our plans for developing Carolina North, a new research and academic campus. ... Long term, we believe a new general aviation airport is important to the future of AHEC, the university and the economic success of Orange County.

A recent study done for the UNC Foundation Inc. by engineering and planning consultant Talbert & Bright estimates that a new airport in Orange County would have a positive economic impact ranging between $40 million and $53 million annually, not counting tax revenue -- considerably more than the current Horace Williams Airport (about $10 million in economic value, based on a separate study two years ago). Click here for full story.