Ben Humphries, chairman of the Ruston Airport Authority, stated that Ruston Airport is the second busiest in the state??? Is that true?


Grant backs airport lights
Laura Bond, Reporter
10-15-2007



When hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and the power outages that followed, were felt throughout Louisiana, the need for generators at Ruston Regional Airport became more apparent.

During the last Ruston City Council meeting, the aldermen authorized the city to enter into an agreement with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for improvements to the airport.

This cleared the way for the airport to obtain a $35,000 grant from the DOTD aviation division to purchase and install a generator that would keep the terminal building up and running in the case of power outages. read more
....Humphries said the Ruston airport is the second busiest in the state, due mainly to its usage by the Louisiana Tech University aviation program....