Maryland Airport Area - Aviation Business Park Zone

Maryland Airport is a privately owned, general aviation airport in western Charles County, located four miles east of Indian Head, one mile south of the MD 210/MD 227 intersection, and 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. In the 1990s, the Maryland Airport was identified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a General Aviation Reliever Airport to Washington D.C.’s Reagan National Airport. Given its reliever status, the airport became eligible for federal funding to enhance user safety and expand capacity. Following this FAA designation, the FAA committed approximately $20 million to the airport, and an Airport Master Plan was developed. The Airport Master Plan for the Maryland Airport was approved by the FAA and Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) in 1999. An essential improvement in the plan was the extension of the 3,740-foot runway to 4,200 feet, all within existing boundaries. The Maryland Airport was purchased in early 2019 by PSM Holdings for $2.4 million, intending to complete the planned runway extension and make other significant improvements to airport infrastructure. Today, to promote ancillary employment supporting development, approximately 550 acres of land surrounding the airport have been subjected to rezoning from the Watershed Conservation District to the commercial Aviation Business Park Zone. In 2021, the Board of County Commissioners approved The Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The Zoning Text Amendment process is underway