Title	1990s: Main runway at Auburn-Opelika Airport
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 339: Plans in 1996 called for this main north-south runway to be lengthened to 5,260 feet at the Robert G. Pitts Auburn-Opelika Airport. The additional 1,260 feet would provide safer conditions for takeoffs and landings... The extension would be part of an estimated $13-million development of the airport, which is owned by Auburn University.... East Glenn Avenue would be rerouted about 1.7 miles to pass south of the extended runway, tentatively by early 1998. A city landfill would be closed to make room for the extension.... The overall project was expected to be completed between the years 2001 and 2004 if funding arrived promptly. Photo source: Auburn University Photographic Services.
Date	ca. 1990s
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Airplanes -- Alabama Airports -- Alabama Runways (Aeronautics) -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Business & Industry -- Transportation Geography & Environment -- Human Environment -- Transportation Routes History -- 1987-present: Recent Alabama
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 1933 x 1373 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	309.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge