There's good news this Thanksgiving for the new Northwest Florida Beaches International airport.

Airport Authority members got word Wednesday evening that they can go ahead with plans for a 16 hundred foot extension for the new airport's main runway.

At the beginning of the month, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers gave the project a thumbs up after the airport site passed a critical inspection.

The Corps rescinded a non-compliance issued earlier this year due to some problems with storm water run-off.

The airport needed to pass the inspection for the F-A-A to issue a permit to extend the runway to a full 10,000 foot length.

As of last night the F-A-A has given its approval to continue.

The project will extend the 8,400 foot runway to 10,000 feet which it is hoped will handle some of the more larger plans thought to be considering landing at the new facility at West Bay