AP Idaho

Busy Wyoming airport serving parks to close for runway work

Published November 30, 2021 2:45 PM

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s busiest airport will close for more than two months next year during a $42 million runway reconstruction project. Jackson Hole Airport in the southern end of Grand Teton is the only major U.S. commercial airport surrounded by a national park. The airport brings visitors to Grand Teton and Yellowstone and the area’s ski resorts. The airport will close in mid-April for 78 days, from the relatively quiet spring season until well into the busy summer season. The Casper Star-Tribune reports federal funding will pay for the project. Northwestern Wyoming has been busy with tourism. Yellowstone and Grand Teton both broke visitor records this year.

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