Approval of $1.5B includes financing 4th Charlotte Douglas runway

Approval of $1.5B includes financing 4th Charlotte Douglas runway

(The Center Square) – Financing requests by Charlotte of $1.5 billion from North Carolina’s Local Government Commission are approved, setting the stage for the continent’s seventh busiest airport to get

CLT Just Broke Ground on 4th Runway - First “Smart Runway” in America

via CLT.edu Charlotte Douglas just started construction on a 4th parallel ‘smart’ runway to both increase capacity and test out a new ‘digital twin’ technology in partnership with UNC Charlotte through its Aviation and Innovation Research Institute. Sensors will be installed as concrete is poured on the new runway, located between existing runways 2 and 3. These instruments will track how pavement responds to aircraft traffic, weather, and long-…