Killdeer Airport Damaged in Storm

KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) — The airport in the western North Dakota town of Killdeer is cleaning up after a storm that destroyed a hangar and damaged three airplanes.

The storms that tore through the region Monday night ripped apart the hangar and flipped the Cessna planes on their tops. They landed near a ditch about 75 yards away — nearly the length of a football field.

Airport authority vice chairman Mike Schollmeyer says the hangar was old, and officials had planned to replace it at some point.

Randy Sandvick and Merlin Johnson owned two of the planes. They tell The Bismarck Tribune that the planes were valued at $28,000 and $40,000.

Schollmeyer says a runway repair project was to begin this week. He says, "Now, we'll be cleaning up wrecked airplanes and hangar parts."