Airport Moves Finally from Fishers


Mayor Faulty today announced the long on again off again move of the Fishers airport has finally been settled. This will let the City of Fishers expand into the airport area with a new office and industrial complex; the plans also call for a major new strip mall along 96th street for the full length of the Airport property. The quest to move the airport started in 2006 when the Town of Fishers proposed moving the Airport to Wayne Township and plan that was rejected by Noblesville. At the time it was found that the Noblesville Council did not want a zero tax 1000-acre airport within their area. They had plans for a major home complex with golf courses set for this area to generate tax income. Today this is the area know as High Fly Estates.

It has taken Fishers 10 long years to move the airport, as every taxing district in the area rejected the airport move. They did not want to have the same problem Fishers was having with a non-tax based land area. The logjam was broken when the Department of Defense announced its latest round of base closings. This gave the City of Fishers the opportunity to look at what bases were being closed and to bid on one of the facilities to take it over for the airport. Mayor Faulty was pleased to announce that the closing of Luke Air Force Base just outside of Sun City Arizona would become the location of the new airport. Also that Fishers has arranged with Southwest Airlines to have a twice a day connecting flight to Indy International Airport.

When asked about the distance to the new airport, he replied, “It’s just a hop, jump and skip away.” After all Sun City is only on the west side of Indy.

Mayor Faulty also indicated by getting this old Air Force Base, the City would not have to invest in any hangers or other facilities, even fencing was on site and the base would comply with the new Federal Airport Protection Act that was enacted in 2015. All current property, hanger holders at the Indy Metro Airport have been given three months to move to Luke. This would allow the City to move forward with the 250 million dollar expansion of the site in the spring of 2017. In addition to the business- industrial complex their have been rumors of a new Colts Stadium to be built on the southern edge of the site near 96 and I-69, Mayor Faulty would not comment on this part of the plan.

A major press conference on this development is scheduled for tomorrow.