As part of the ongoing project to improve the main runway at Reagan National Airport, construction crews will make modifications to the runway’s approach light system. Many of the lights are located on a pier in the Potomac River, immediately south of the main runway (also known as Runway 1-19). The initial pier work will require overnight pile driving to avoid interfering with the daily schedule of flights. The lights will be replaced with upgraded, new equipment. The overnight pier work will coincide with runway milling and paving on the airfield.

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority today selected former Postmaster General John E. (Jack) Potter to be the President/CEO of the Airports Authority.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Board of Directors on Wednesday elected the Honorable Thomas M. Davis III as its Vice Chairman. Mr. Davis replaces former Vice Chairman Leonard Manning, whose term on the Board ended earlier this year.

When the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority approved an underground Metro station for Dulles International Airport last week, we were guided by two clear priorities: Do what is best for passengers and our communities and do it in the most cost-efficient way possible.

On the first point, the underground station is a far better choice for a facility that will serve Dulles and our region for most of the rest of this century.