This year is a milestone year for Larry T. Waltrip and the Waltrip Williamsburg Executive Airport.

To celebrate the 55th anniversary of the airport’s opening, Waltrip and his team will host an open house on Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature airplanes on display, food trucks and a family fun zone.

Originally set to be an airshow, the event is now free to the public.

Formerly known as Williamsburg-Jamestown Airport, the privately owned airport on Marclay Road started from 200 acres of land carved into an airstrip. The land was behind a construction company owned by Waltrip’s parents, Dudley C. and Mary Waltrip, off Lake Powell Road. Prior to the airport, the family ran a go-kart track before it was closed due to noise complaints, Waltrip said.

Today, the airport feat

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