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New airport being built in northwest Kansas

Northwest Kansas is getting what's believed to be the state's first new airport in more than a decade.
/ Source: The Associated Press

Northwest Kansas is getting what's believed to be the state's first new airport in more than a decade.

A groundbreaking ceremony was planned Friday for the Rooks County Regional Airport.

The new airport will feature a 5,000-foot concrete runway, terminal area and parking area. Two turf-runway airports in Stockton and Plainville will be retired.

The $4 million project is funded mostly by a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.