UNION TWP. —Jim Farris believes most of the public doesn’t realize how busy and how important the New Castle Municipal Airport is to Lawrence County. Farris, who is the chairman of the ...

The airport has handled more than 337,000 airfield operations during the past four years. It has a 2016 budget of $ 7.4 million. STORY: Will Frontier Airlines return to New Castle Airport?

In November, DRBA announced the New Castle Airport surpassed 10,000 boardings for the year, which vaulted them to a higher status and increased their allotment from $150,000 to at least $1 million.