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Concord airport to hold disaster training simulation Tuesday

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published September 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM EDT
Concord-Padgett Regional Airport first opened in 1994. It’s at 9000 Aviation Blvd NW, just minutes away from Concord Mills mall. Yes, this photo is of the entire airport terminal. It’s got two gates.
Lindsey Banks
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The Charlotte Ledger)
Concord-Padgett Regional Airport first opened in 1994. It’s at 9000 Aviation Blvd NW, just minutes away from Concord Mills mall. Yes, this photo is of the entire airport terminal. It’s got two gates.

Concord will hold a training exercise at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport Tuesday at 9 a.m. The exercise will simulate an emergency response to an aircraft incident.

Residents and motorists near the airport may see smoke and numerous emergency vehicles. Officials emphasize that this is only a training exercise.

The Federal Aviation Administration requires airports to hold full-scale emergency response exercises at least every three years. Airport operations and the runway at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport will be closed from 8 to 11 a.m.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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