Dubois County officials gathered Friday morning to break ground on a new addition coming to the Huntingburg Regional Airport. The event marked the official start of construction on the new Frosty Jones Terminal.
Mark Messmer, 8th District Congressman, talked about the man whom the terminal is being named after. “Frosty Jones was a revered figure in the aviation community,” Messmer told the crowd. “Jones bought the land and started the airport as a grass airstrip in 1938.”
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Governor Mike Braun, was among the dignitaries to turn a shovel. He spoke about the airport’s growth, including lengthening the runway to 5,501 feet and building the first tunnel at a public airport in Indiana.
Training programs will be integrated into the facility through a partnership with the Patoka Valley Career Technical Education Center.
