PTI celebrates FedEx runway, holds 5K
Piedmont Triad International Airport will hold its first-ever “5K Run on the Runway” event tomorrow to celebrate numerous airport projects ranging from the facility’s new 9,000-foot runway to the FedEx hub.
The 8 a.m. run is expected to attract 700 runners. It will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society in honor of Jay Kirby, whose father designed the airport runway that opened in January. A ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.
Saturday’s event is the culmination of years of development designed to make the airport the mid-Atlantic hub for FedEx, which chose PTI in 1998 cheap payday advance. Ted Johnson, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority, said grading on the FedEx site began in 2004. FedEx moved into its new facility at the airport in June 2009, he said.