 A five-year construction plan to improve visual aids at the airport got underway by the Department of Transportation in 1998.George T. Lewis Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 11 feet (3 m) above mean sea level.It has one asphalt paved runway designated 5/23 which measures 2,355 by 100 feet (718 x 30 m) with a displaced threshold on Runway 23 - it is the shortest paved public runway in the state of Florida.