The second runway at W.K. Kellogg Airport in USA is ready for takeoff.

The 4,100-foot new runway opened today with the first plane landing on it at 2:32 p.m. as a crowd of officials and airport supporters looked on.

Airport officials said they expect the airport’s second runway to increase economic development as well as educational and military opportunities in the Battle Creek area.

The runway is the final stage of $25 million airport expansion project that began in 2001.