Dallas Love Field reopened its primary runway Tuesday after a 14-month teardown and rebuild, a project that came in four months late and irked neighbors because commercial jets had to fly closer to neighborhoods.
The airport runway project faced construction slowdowns from ice storms last winter, rainy weather, supply and labor shortages as well as unexpected utility work.
Love Field now has two runways to use as the airport heads into the busiest travel stretch in two years, although the reconstructed runway on the Denton Drive side will get most of the commercial jet traffic. Friday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the summer, with 56,670 possible passengers at Love Field and 264,681 at nearby DFW International Airport.
