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Before the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Area's Commercial/General Aviation Airport became an airport for civilian use, it was a military installation known as Harding Field, and provided flight training during World War II. A number of the pilots which received their training here made history in the aviation industry.
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport has experienced various patterns of growth since its inception in August of 1948. During the last eight years it has experienced the most growth ever. The most significant and noticeable projects in the public eye are the the terminal development program, construction of the public parking garage, construction of a new terminal access road, the construction of a new Police / Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting building, construction of a new Atlantic Southeast Airline jet maintenance facility, a new replacement hangar, a new airfield electrical vault, relocation of runway navigational aids, reconstruction of taxiway "F", overlay of the south general aviation apron, installation of EMAS safety system on runway 13, new drainage system for the air carrier apron, alternative fuel system pilot program. Total expenditures have been in excess of sixty million dollars. Funding for these projects was accomplished through grants from the Federal Aviation Administration, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Aviation, and revenues generated from airport operations.
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