Lakeland Linder International Airport received the 2023 SEC-AAAE General Aviation Airfield Project of the Year Award for the construction of a new CAT III Instrument Landing System. This award is presented to a deserving airport that has completed an outstanding project during the preceding two calendar years prior to the Annual Chapter Conference.
This $13.5+ million dollar project included: the demolition of the existing MALSR approach lighting system and installation of a new ALSF-2 approach lighting system (including its support building); relocation of Taxiway P (Papa) making way for the new touchdown RVR (Runway Visual Range Sensor) and Glide Slope facilities; construction of a new airfield electrical lighting vault; installation of runway centerline, touchdown, and lead-on/off lights; installation of elevated runway guard lights; and re-designation of Runway 09-27 to Runway 10-28.
With the system’s commissioning, LAL is only the fourth (4th) airport in the State of Florida and sixty-eighth (68th) nationally with low visibility operational capabilities.
The award was announced on May 2nd, 2023 during a general session of the SEC-AAAE Annual Conference in Richmond, VA. Presenting the award was Ryan Sisemore, Chair, SEC-AAAE Corporate Liaison Committee.