Touchdown Zone: JAARS North-South Runway Extension
Region: North Carolina, United States
Surface: Grass
Elevation: 602 feet
Length: 1,400 feet
Width: 40 feet
Slope: 7% at steepest point
Purpose: This longer, sloped, cross-wind runway at the JAARS Townsend Airport opened up training and recurrency opportunities. With trees on both approaches and varied degrees of slope, this strip is a good training tool to prepare pilots for service on the field. The new length also supports training in turbine-powered aircraft like those flown overseas. The runway was dedicated in March 2016.
God at Work: God provided over 120 dump-truckloads of fill dirt from the construction of a nearby bridge and gas station all for free! God also provided a variety of volunteers who gave many hours/days/weeks of labor throughout the process.
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Fence went up and more fill was added.
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A view from the sloped end of the N-S runway.
![Part of the crowd gathered on the runway for the prayer of dedication said by Chuck Daly, vice president of transportation](https://www.jaars.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Part-of-the-crowd-gathered-on-the-runway-for-the-prayer-of-dedication-said-by-Chuck-Daly-vice-president-of-transportation-.jpg)