Charlotte Airport wins approval for runway bonds

12 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 5

The airport can issue $215 million in revenue bonds to fund a new 10,000-foot runway at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The runway will be the airport's fourth and is intended to expand capacity as passenger demand grows.
It forms part of Charlotte Douglas's roughly $4 billion capital plan to modernize the airport and support future operations.

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