Alva Review-Courier -

Members of the Alva Airport commission have struggled to get an east-west turf runway re-installed at the Alva Regional Airport. The grass (turf) runway was accidentally dropped in the drawings presented to the FAA for approval when the new longer concrete runway was approved. The runway had existed since the beginning of the airport.

Monday night, Dale Logsdon reported that the original runway was 1,850 feet long and 170 feet wide. The board voted to accept that size, with an extra 40-foot buffer on either side of the length and an extra 200 feet on either end as safety zones. A sub committee...