Naples Airport’s operations team has completed training on a new flood barrier system designed to protect the airport’s buildings, vital equipment and technology against future storm surge.
Naples Airport Authority purchased 3,000 feet of sturdy, industrial-grade flexible tubing that – once filled with water, linked together and anchored into place – creates an airtight barrier proven more effective than sandbags at holding back floodwaters. The Tiger Dam system, manufactured by Louisiana-based U.S. Flood Control, provides resiliency for key buildings around the airfield and the airport’s communication systems.
During Hurricane Ian in 2022, portions of the Naples Airport were inundated with storm surge from the Gordon River and Naples Bay, with some facilities “coming within inches” of catastrophic flooding…