Airport Buys 2 Tracts Near West Star Aviation

The board of commissioners at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority on Monday approved the purchase of two tracts of land connected to airport property for $200,000.

West Star Aviation sits near the new property along Pinehurst Avenue. Officials have planned to move the airport maintenance shop and build two more hangars for West Star. The new hangars will increase the general aviation company’s employees to about 380.