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Updated: 8:09 AM Dec 3, 2009
Yeager Airport Expects Boost From Boy Scout Camp
Yeager Airport is expecting a 10 percent annual increase in boardings from a high-adventure camp that the Boy Scouts of America plans to open in Fayette County.
Posted: 8:09 AM Dec 3, 2009Reporter: The Associated Press Email Address: anna.baxter@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Yeager Airport is expecting a 10 percent annual increase in boardings from a high-adventure camp that the Boy Scouts of America plans to open in Fayette County.
Yeager Director Rick Atkinson says the Charleston airport's passenger boardings are expected to increase by about 20,000 a year. That number should double in years when the National Jamboree is held at the camp on the rim of the New River Gorge.
Construction on the new camp is to begin next spring and finish in time to host the 2013 jamboree.
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Posted by: glad
on Dec 3, 2009 at 10:27 AM
It's great that the Boy Scouts will have a wonderful new place for their adventures. I'm glad for the airport, but even happier for the Boy Scouts
Posted by: doubt it
on Dec 3, 2009 at 09:12 AM
for the big events they will charter in to Beckley from populous areas. regular folks will fly to Roanoke.
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