Historic hangar at Douglas Municipal Airport will be revamped with $750,000 federal grant, city says

DOUGLAS — For the first time since it was erected sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, the beloved hangar at the Douglas Municipal Airport — revered as a symbol of the city’s aviation heritage — will receive an overhaul. The National Park Service’s 'Save America’s Treasures' program awarded the municipality a $750,000 grant for the restoration and refurbishment of the hangar, said Daritza Villalobos, the city’s grants coordinator..