Peachtree City's

Falcon Field has over 23 more acres to grow on now that it has closed

on a $1.075 million deal to acquire the property from Peachtree City Holdings

Inc., a subsidiary of Pathway Communities.

The land, located

at the southeast boundary of the airport, will eventually be used for

more hangar space. The property was purchased with a grant from the Federal

Aviation Administration's Airport Improvement Program, which is funded

The authority

also negotiated a two-year option to purchase property Peachtree City

Holdings owns at the southwest border of the airport at $25,000 per acre.

Nelmes said

the land purchase will allow Falcon Field to grow and meet the needs of

the local aviation community and help boost the authority's revenue.

The authority

wants to attract businesses to the airport to help support aircraft with

services for maintenance, avionics, interiors and painting.

"There

are basic needs of the aircraft owner and we don't have all of them,"

Nelmes said.

The authority

will hold a series of workshops to develop a master plan for the new site,

Nelmes said. The authority will need to add infrastructure such as taxiways,

hangar sites, access roads, and parking lots for automobiles and aircraft.

"We want

to put a lot of thought into how that's developed," Nelmes said.

Creating the

plan will involve guessing what the airport's future needs will be and

making sure the plan is flexible so it can change as the airport's needs

change, she added.

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