LEBANON — Warren County Airport's new terminal will open in about four weeks, according to General Manager Brian Carr.

        The terminal is one of many improvements at the airport — the fastest-growing general aviation facility in Ohio, Mr. Carr said. Air traffic here has increased 50 percent in the past two years, he said.

        The airport also has upgraded its fueling service, added a plane charter service and nearly doubled its hangars, to70.

        “They're rented before I finish them,” he said of the hangars.

        The $1.5 million terminal will feature a 20,000-square-foot hangar for corporate planes and 10,000 square feet of office space, including second-floor space to be rented out.

        A nicely furnished reception area will welcome visitors, Mr. Carr said, and a conference room will be available free to those flying into Warren County for business meetings.

        “When you come to the Warren County Airport, you come to a country club,” he said.

        The terminal also will be the base of a Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight helicopter and crew — the first hospital helicopter to be based in Warren County. In addition to a landing pad, CareFlight's space will include medical supply storage, a kitchen, a resting area and offices, Mr. Carr said.

        Still to come for the airport, just west of Lebanon on Greentree Road:

        • An adjacent, 33-acre business park with office and warehouse space.

        • New runway lights, including a Precision Approach Path Indicator.

        “It's an added safety factor,” said Steven Michael, a pilot and member of the Warren County Airport Authority.

        • A new weather reporting system. Under the current system, weather information for incoming pilots is hit and miss, depending on whether someone's in the office when they call, Mr. Michael said.

        The new Automated Weather Observation System, on the other hand, is an unmanned, computerized system that will continuously broadcast information such as wind speed and direction, the temperature and the cloud ceiling altitude.

        The safety improvements will be funded with $150,000 in federal money that the airport soon will receive — to be followed by like amounts each of the following years, Mr. Carr said.

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