The new Rooks County Regional Airport opened in April.  It’s the first new airport built in Kansas since 1989.

And that calls for a big celebration.  A dedication ceremony last Saturday drew a huge crowd.

The airport, five miles south of Stockton just off Highway 183, has a 5,000-foot concrete runway.  It replaces two turf runway airports at Stockton and Plainville and consolidates the two small municipal airports into one.

Governor Sam Brownback flew in for the ceremony.  His plane was the first jet to land on the new runway.

See more tonight on Street Beat Eagle Community TV Channel 14.