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Concrete Work Begins on Spaceport America Runway

The runway at Spaceport America in New Mexico is heading toward completion with the multilayered landing strip’s first batch of concrete poured Feb. 11.

The 3,000-meter long runway, measuring some 60 meters wide, is made up of 60 centimeters of prepared subgrade followed by 10 centimeters of asphalt and topped with a 36-centimeter finish layer of concrete, according to a Feb. 15 news release from Spaceport America and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.

The runway is designed to support flight operations for Virgin Galactic’sWhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft and its SpaceShipTwo passenger-carrying suborbital vehicle.

David Montoya Construction Inc. of Alameda, N.M., is building the Spaceport America airfield.

Work also is under way on Spaceport America’s 10,000-square-meter Terminal Hangar Facility, according to the release.