Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City Wins Awards

Will Rogers World Airport walked away with the top two awards from the Oklahoma Airport Operators Association annual conference. Mark Kranenburg, director, Oklahoma City Department of Airports, received the association’s 2006 Airport Director of the Year award, and Will Rogers World Airport received the 2006 Airport of the Year award. The awards come after a record year of air travel out of Will Rogers.

Oklahoma Airport Operators Association, founded in 1984, is composed of airport management professionals who work together to enhance and improve the nearly 150 airports across the state.

Kranenburg has served as director of the Department of Airports, which includes Will Rogers World Airport as well as two general aviation airports, Wiley Post and C.E. Page Airports, since 2005.

According to officials with Oklahoma Airport Operators Association, Will Rogers was selected as Airport as the Year based on completion of the $110 million renovation project.

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