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The airport’s landmark 1942 hangar was badly damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but will be restored to remain on the National Historic Register.
latest airport master plan calls for developing the southwest portion of Gulfport-Biloxi’s WWII airport, one of the largest in the region, as an 80-acre general aviation complex.
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The centerpiece of this move will be the new Million Air facility, with 200,000 square feet of parking ramp, a 20,000-square-foot hangar and a 12,500-square-foot terminal area. But there’s more – much more. Because GPT is positioned to be an international port of entry from Latin America, a 3,600-square-foot customs area is integrally located within the building’s far south end. U.S. Customs was given extensive input into the planning of its offices; its two processing lines will be able to handle 30 passengers an hour, with overflow capability. Every amenity is provided in the terminal – conference rooms, flight department offices, crew rooms, flight planning and on-site catering.
Henriksen told us “I hate to be nickeled-and-dimed when I fly in to an FBO, so we intend to supply whatever our clients need, as a part of our service.”
Million Air’s Terry Cross calls an FBO “the hotel lobby at the airport,” and he says the first impression a visitor should get upon arrival needs to be, “Wow, if this is what the airport looks like, the rest of the area must be the same!” To that end, Million Air Gulfport will have a 28-foot-high
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