Palmar Sur Airport Update

December 5, 2018

Recently we made several visits over the course of a week to Palmar Sur in order to provide a Palmar Sur airport update. The remodeling project began in August 2018 and involves many wonderful upgrades and updates from the previous airport terminal. The goal for the construction crew, based on several interviews with the Project Manager of the project, is to have the construction phase of the airport completed by December 30, 2018. Watch the video below or watch it on YouTube here.

We are doubtful that all of the work will be done by the end of the calendar year 2018. As of December 1, 2018, the following work still needs to be completed – and this is only a list of what we know about and can make assumptions about:

• Half the runway and the area near the terminal needs to be paved with more asphalt.
• Roof needs to be put on (we were told this won’t take very long given the design and materials being used for the roof)
• Internal walls are still being built
• Skim-coating of 90% of the walls
• Installation of CAT5 lines, telephony hardware, electrical lines and plug-ins
• Lighting fixtures
• Finishing work – which would take at least a week on this type of building
• Installation of the custom made benches we were told about (with power plug-ins)
• Perimeter fence needs to be moved to the property boundary
• Clean-up work
• Federal inspections by engineers and outside project evaluators

With everything that needs to be completed before opening, along with the Christmas/Holiday season just a couple of weeks away, we don’t expect it to be ready anytime before February 1, 2019…at best.

In the short-run, this is definitely an inconvenience, and it is a bit frustrating that they didn’t start the construction in May 2018, instead of August. Had they started the work in May, that would have left sufficient time to complete the remodel in time for the high season which is now starting (December 2018).

In the long-run, this is a wonderful upgrade and we will all soon forget the temporary inconvenience this closure has caused. Let us know your thoughts about the Palmar Sur Airport Update.

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October 2018 Palmar Sur Airport Update

August 2018 Palmar Sur Airport Update