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AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
4:00 PM Durant Regional Airport March 4, 2026
Conference Room
10 Waldron Dr,
Durant, OK 74701
AGENDA
[IGNORE_INDENT]
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION/FLAG SALUTE
ROLL CALL
ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Consent Items
To help streamline meetings and allow the focus to be on other items requiring strategic thought,
the "Consent Items" portion of the agenda groups the routine, procedural, and self-explanatory non-
controversial items together. These items are voted on in a single motion (one vote). However, any
Council member requesting further information on a specific item thus removes it from the "Consent
Items" section for individual attention and separate vote.
a. Consider Approval of Regular Called Meeting Minutes of February 4th, 2026
2. Consider Items Removed from Consent
3. Information Items
a. Director's Report on changes to the Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP)
4. Administration
5. New Business
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that in conformity with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, public notice
of the date, time and place of this meeting was filed with the City Clerk of Durant on the
4th day of December, 2025 and that an agenda of said meeting was posted at the
place of such meeting at 4:00 p.m. on the 2nd day of March, 2026.
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Jessica Byerly, City of Durant
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This is to certify that in conformity with the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, public notice of
the date, time and place of this meeting was filed with the City Clerk of Durant on the
4th day of December, 2025 and that an agenda of said meeting was posted at the place
of such meeting at 4:00 p.m. on the 2nd day of February, 2026.
Jessica Byerly, City of Durant
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD
February 4, 2026 AT 4:00 PM, Durant Regional Airport
Conference Room
10 Waldron Dr,
Durant, OK 74701
CALL TO ORDER
Chairman Dan Craige called the meeting to order at 4:01PM.
INVOCATION/FLAG SALUTE
Board Member Moore provided the invocation. Vice Chairman Sherrer led the flag
salute.
ROLL CALL
The admin made note that Scott Dewald was sworn in on February 2nd by the City
Clerk and will be filling the DIA seat.
Present:
Board Member Dewald
Board Member Dan Moore
Vice Chairman Sherrer
Chairman Dan Craige
Absent:
Board Member Dufur
Board Member Gaffney
Board Member Stuteville
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ORDER OF BUSINESS
1. Consent Items
To help streamline meetings and allow the focus to be on other items requiring strategic thought,
the "Consent Items" portion of the agenda groups the routine, procedural, and self-explanatory non-
controversial items together. These items are voted on in a single motion (one vote). However, any
Council member requesting further information on a specific item thus removes it from the "Consent
Items" section for individual attention and separate vote.
a. Consider Approval of Regular Called Meeting Minutes of January 7th, 2026
Motion To: Approve the Regular Called Meeting Minutes of January 7th, 2026
Motion By: Moore
Seconded By: Sherrer
Ayes: Dan Moore, Sherrer, Craige
Nays: None
Abstain: Dewald
2. Consider Items Removed from Consent
3. Information Items
4. Administration
5. N ew Business
a. Discussion on Possible Changes to Durant Airport Master Plan
The board wanted to discuss the impact of any entity or business that may move into
the area in the future that utilizes the airport with aircraft bigger than a Gulfstream. The
conversation was geared more toward the impact of regular landings and take-offs of
aircraft the size and weight of 737s. Current weights can handle the occasional 737s.
Loaded weight currently on the runway is 80,000 and a 737 can weigh 100,000. With
the weights as they currently are aircraft of a higher weight limit than published, they
need the approval of the Airport Director to land. The board in recommending that if
these sized aircraft are planning to fly into our airport regularly, then changes to the
5010 need to be made.
With this information, the runway can currently handle these larger aircraft, but the
surrounding infrastructure is not fit for the usage of these aircraft. Through this
discussion it was determined that the airport is not designed for aircraft exceeding
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design parameters (i.e. 737 - large passenger planes).
The board set out the following examples of what would need updating for this kind of
traffic:
Strengthening of the runway
Wider taxiways
ATC Tower
Fencing for Security
More parking / tarmac
And the appropriate changes to the airport Master Plan.
In addition, the airport would need to establish landing fees for these aircraft.
After this discussion, the Chairman asked the director how the clearing of the runway
went after the ice storm we experienced. The Director reported that during this weather
a layer of ice was on the runway with about 3–4 inches of packed sleet on top of it. He
stated that aircraft can operate in these kinds of conditions. The city sent out a road
grader to help take off the top few inches so what was underneath could thaw and melt
as temperatures increased.
However, this caused a bigger problem as everything would refreeze overnight. On
Friday, January 30th, runway conditions deteriorated enough that the Director closed
the airport that night and the following weekend. The Director did mention that the
Choctaw Tribal Chief asked about what could be done or purchased to help with these
conditions. The Director is now looking into options for the City manager's consideration
for future weather events of this nature. One is to get a blade attachment for the
airport's tractor that has a poly cutting edge so that it will not hurt the runway, or
second, for a plow rig for the city that could have interchanging blades for both city
streets and the runway.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion To: Adjourn the Regular Called Meeting of February 4th, 2026
Motion By: Moore
Seconded By: Dewald
Ayes: Dan Moore, Sherrer, Craige, Dewald
Nays: None
Abstain: None
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