Fort Leonard Wood, St Robert and Waynesville leaders break ground on Airport Terminal

Leaders from Fort Leonard Wood, St. Robert and Waynesville broke ground on Friday on a new terminal for the Waynesville Saint Robert Regional Airport located on the installation’s Forney Airfield.  According to Waynesville Mayor Sean Wilson, the $19-million project will feature a new 9,000-square-foot terminal that will facilitate 50 passengers.  “Today marks a significant milestone for our community and not just for this airport but for our entire region,” Wilson said. “This is going to change the course of our region … with St. Robert, of course Waynesville and Fort Leonard Wood working together to make sure that we can facilitate the necessities for our community and our region.”

Maj. Gen. Christopher Beck, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general, agreed and said the groundbreaking for the new terminal “is a big deal.”  “This is really important to this installation and it’s really important to this region,” Beck said.

The community leaders and organizations involved “had an incredible vision – the vision for the growth of this area and the value that this airport would bring to it,” Beck said.  The Waynesville Saint Robert Regional Airport operates on Fort Leonard Wood’s Forney Airfield, which according to Beck, is only one of 21 joint-use airfields throughout the Department of Defense.