- May 23, 2025
Flagler County officials participate in the groundbreaking for a 15,500-square-foot General Aviation Terminal at the Flagler Executive Airport. Photo by Brent Woronoff
A rendering of the $11.2 million General Aviation Terminal to be constructed at the Flagler Executive Airport. Courtesy photo
Flagler Executive Airport Director Roy Sieger speaks to guests at the groundbreaking in front of a vintage plane. Photo by Brent Woronoff
County Commission Chair Andy Dance said, "We're happy to see ... the continual improvement of the airport." Photo by Brent Woronoff
Former Speaker of the House Paul Renner thanked Flagler Executive Airport Director Roy Sieger and the county commission for making the airport into "a jewel." Photo by Brent Woronoff
Renderings of the new General Aviation Terminal were displayed in a hangar. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Flagler Executive Airport Director Roy Sieger introduced the project at the groundbreaking ceremony. Photo by Brent Woronoff
The Flagler Executive Airport held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, April 29, for its capstone project — a 15,500-square-foot General Aviation Terminal.
Airport Director Roy Sieger said he’s calling it a capstone project because the airport has been undergoing a total reconstruction since 2009 with a combined $65 million in improvements.
The $11.2 million terminal will replace the 40-year-old airport administration building and is expected to be completed in 18 months, Sieger said, adding that it will accommodate the airport administration offices, the fixed based operator and operations and will include a pilots lounge, a flight planning room, public space, restrooms, a meeting space and leasable space for small tenants.
There will also be improvement to the roadway entering the airport with the construction of a new roundabout in front of the terminal building, he said.
This facility will be a grand gateway into our community.
— ROY SIEGER, Flagler Executive Airport director
“This facility will be a grand gateway into our community,” Sieger said. “The GA Terminal facility is the next step in the evolution of transforming the airport into a career location for people to visit and businesses to locate at and around its surrounding communities.”
The terminal design was led by Wilbur Mathurin of Hoyle, Tanner and Associates. James Moore of KMA Design Group was the architect. Sauer Construction will lead the construction phase.
Along with Sieger, Flagler County Commission Chair Andy Dance and former Florida Speaker of the House Paul Renner also spoke during the ceremony. County Administrator Heidi Petito and Commissioners Greg Hansen, Kim Carney and Pam Richardson also participated in the groundbreaking.
Dance noted that the project was originally considered in 2018. It was designed in 2020, and acquiring the funding — the bulk of which came from a Florida Department of Transportation grant and appropriation from the Florida Legislature — took the next five years. Renner played a significant role in helping the county acquire the funding, Dance said.
Renner thanked Sieger and the county commission for their commitment in making the airport into “a jewel.”
“Infrastructure is so important to our communities,” he said. “We're never going to have a seaport, but we have an airport, and we should make it the best it can possibly be, because it will improve the economic development of our area and make Flagler a more attractive place for tourism.”
The airport encompasses almost 1,500 acres. The improvements to the facility began with the construction of an air traffic control tower, which opened in October, 2009. That was the first of 56 completed projects, Sieger said. There are now three runways, two heliports and nine taxiways. Every runway and taxiway light has been upgraded to LED lighting. There are five new T-hangar facilities containing 62 units.
“We essentially have a brand-new airport,” Sieger said.
The airport is an enterprise fund, which means it operates on its own, Dance said, but the county commission has oversight of the improvements.
“It's an important economic driver, and we're happy to see under Roy's supervision the continual improvement of the airport,” Dance said.
But as the airport has grown, nearby residents have complained about noise.
“We had done a study through our transparency dashboard, where residents were able to log complaints, so we were able to work through that process and find out areas where we can continue to improve our processes,” Dance said.
“We did an internal airport survey among the tenants,” he added. “We just approved an Airport Overlay District. And this summer, we'll be working on the airport master plan and creating a working group so that we have outside help and support to be able to guide us through that master planning vision.”
