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With a new annual high expected this year for passenger boardings, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials are looking at the possibility of bringing back an observation deck for non-fliers.

Boardings are up nearly 18 percent through September over last year to 353,549 passengers, airport figures show.

The Chattanooga Airport is projected to have over 700,000 flights by the 2030s, consultants developing a 20-year master plan said Tuesday.

The Chattanooga Airport is embarking on the third and final phase of its solar farm, which when completed will allow the Airport to "go off the grid."

Higher traffic at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport is spurring officials to consider expanding the passenger concourse and boosting parking, and they're pursuing seasonal nonstops to Destin, Florida. Also, the record passenger boardings at Lovell Field have helped earn airport chief Terry Hart a new six-year deal.

With passenger boardings soaring, Chattanooga Airport officials on Monday approved spending $1.1 million for a new master plan that will look at more parking for fliers and gates for aircraft.

Wilson Air Center's fixed base operation at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport was named most improved U.S. FBO for 2017 by Professional Pilot (Pro Pilot) Magazine.Countrywide, Memphis-based Wilson Air's operation in Chattanooga was named the No. 14 FBO in the nation in the magazine's 44th annual preferences regarding aviation services and equipment survey.

Kids with special needs are often told what they can't do, but this weekend, volunteer pilots with Challenge Air will erase those perceived limitations by showing them something they can do: fly.

Chattanooga Airport keeps getting busier. February 2017 enplanements were up 23 percent over the previous February. March was even better - an increase of almost 28 percent over last March.

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport may be on its way to a fourth consecutive record year after passenger boardings in the first three months of 2017 surged almost 23 percent.

With Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport's passenger boardings hitting a new high last year, a ground shuttle service from its most remote parking lot to the terminal is slated to start in May.

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport officials on Monday approved plans for a $20 million expansion by a company that works on private aircraft and expects to add about 100 more jobs.

The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has broken its record for the number of passenger boardings with 419,059 through the end of 2016 — up seven percent from 2015 — a 38 percent increase from boardings in 2011, and surpassing 400,000 for the first time in history.