has promised $50,000 annually to support improvements. Since 2003, the county bus service, Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation (FACT) has occupied 4.5 acres of land immediately inside the main entrance to the airport. This publicly funded bus line services the communities throughout the county. This entity has a 49-year lease that commenced in April 2003 with two automatically renewing twenty-five year periods. Lease of the property occurred for the lump sum payment of $60,000 for the initial term. Also in 2003, the Fayette County Hazardous Materials Response Team became an airport tenant. The purpose built building housing the response team is located adjacent to the main terminal building. A strategic master plan was also enacted in 2003. This included plans for the main terminal construction as well as extension of the runway which was substantially completed by late Fall in 2009. The extension was completed to appease insurance companies that refused to let larger planes land on the airfield. This extension stands to increase air traffic to and from the Connellsville Airport location in support of larger economic development efforts and tourism. This revitalization included construction of a new terminal building on the north ramp area at the site of the old Taylor Aircraft hangar from 1951. The hangar was partially disassembled to reveal the steel superstructure, with the new terminal being built into the west side of the old hangar. The remainder of the steel Taylor Aircraft hangar remains as part of a covered parking lot. Completion of the multimillion-dollar terminal project occurred in 2005. Approximately $6 Million was used to upgrade the airport from 2002 to 2007. Other significant grant monies have been used or are tied to current projects, including establishment of new aircraft hangar space to the south of the main terminal area. This requires removal of 1950s-1960s era hangars and warehouse space. This PennDOT Bureau of Aviation rehabilitation project is valued at $710,000 with a portion being funded by the FCAA directly through alternate sources. An approximately $3 million project to extend the main runway safe zone was completed in 2010. Facilities and aircraft Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 1,264 feet (385 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 3,833 by 100 feet (1,168 x 30 m) and 14/32 measures 2,404 by 100 feet (733 x 30 m). For the 12 months