While growth at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport is a boon for business, it’s playing badly among local homeowners who fear more noise and pollution if a runway extension goes forward at the city-owned airfield.
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Leaders of the city-owned Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport invited residents to a meeting last week to tout the economic development strides and future plans of one of South Florida’s busiest centers of aviation commerce.
All told, Rufus James, the airport director, and Carlton Harrison, the assistant director, had a good story to share — for those in the fields of aviation, economic development, commercial real estate and lodging and hospitality.
