By Scott Shumaker | East Valley Tribune
A World War II-era hangar next to the ticketing building at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is slated for demolition in the next three to four months.
Hangar 24, as the war-time structure is known, is one of 10 buildings set to go down as part of a $1.4 million demolition contract approved by the airport’s board of directors recently.
The other eight buildings in the demolition contract include the 1970 traffic control tower, which was decommissioned last year after the opening of the John McCain III Air Traffic Control Tower, and four buildings erected in the 1950s.
Airport officials said the goal of demolitions is primarily to free up aeronautical land to attract new aviation-related airport users.
