Like many airports, Indianapolis Executive Airport in Zionsville, Indiana, had everything ready to go for a project that would improve airport safety and facilitate economic development in the area-everything except the funding. After 35 or 40 years of use, the asphalt of Runway 18/36 had cracks that needed to be resealed every year and the FAA rated the surface as "fair," said Dan Montgomery, president of Montgomery Aviation, an FBO at the airport. The condition of the runway put it on the list of projects in line for federal funding through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP), and the airport was ready with plans and blueprints, hoping to resurface the runway next summer.
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