Temporary Closure of McChord AFB May
Send Additional Flights to Boeing Field

McChord Air Force Base plans to shut down its flight operations for the month of August to allow construction crews to complete repairs to the 10,100 runway, according to a news article in the News Tribune on April 15. An Air Force spokesman said that all “commercial aircraft will be redirected to Boeing Field for the duration of the project”. The “commercial” traffic consists of civilian cargo and passenger jet planes flying under contract with the Department of Defense, supplementing military traffic at the base. During the down period, McChord's military planes are expected to work out of Air Force bases in California and the East Coast.

A spokeswoman for Boeing Field (King County International Airport) said that the airport had been contacted by McChord, but that details of McChord's proposal were unknown, that no decisions or agreements have been finalized.

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