Article as seen in Southern Aviator July 2003

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Sugar Land Regional Airport (SGR) near Houston, Texas, will build a new, larger terminal to serve a growing number of corporate users.

Airport officials and the architectural firm selected for the project are in the process of creating the design for the terminal.

"The airport saw a marked increase in corporate aviation after Sept. 11," said Doug Adolph, a spokesman for the city of Sugar Land. "It is our goal to accommodate this growth by creating a more comfortable, convenient and amenable destination for corporate tenants and transient customers."

At the same, a new general aviation center is being developed at Sugar Land.  It is "the largest single project undertaken to date by the Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division," Adolph said.  It includes a new apron, two taxiways bridging existing oxbow lakes, tie-downs, t-hangars, executive hangers, a self-fueling facility, and possibly a vintage aircraft museum. 

The general aviation center will consolidate related businesses on the field - flight school, avionics shop, maintenance - and replace all existing t-hangars.  Demolition of the current t-hangars will make room for construction of a second corporate taxiway.