Seward city airport is in line for runway demo and extention of the current shorter runway. Removing the current long runway leaves no option to land in the event of extreme crosswinds. Which occur regularly. Pilots depend on having a second runway. During the 1964 earthquake the only way to deliver supplies was by air, using both runways. As many sewardites have spoken out about this, it has fallen on deaf ears. People outside of Seward are making decisions for our community airport without knowledge of flying or landing planes here. In the event we do have another earthquake of this magnitude, we will need two runways to access our town. In addition to the removal of the long runway they will clearcut all the old tree growth as well as wildlife leading up to the airport. With that in mind, the river will now most likely move west toward the new runway as well as the highway.

One solution would be to re- master the long runway that already exists. Allowing the wildlife, including bald eagles nests that have been there for many many years and old tree growth to remain.  It would be in Sewards best interest to re-address this issue before they start the project. Lets stand up for the people who actually depend on this airport. Thank you! Please sign,share, and email our mayor... Christy@cityofseward.net  Have a blessed day!�