Jun. 22--PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- WEST BAY -- The new airport under construction near West Bay is proceeding on schedule and should be completed by the May 2010 target date, airport officials said Friday.

Jeff Dealy of KBR, program manager for the relocation project, said he was more worried about getting the various agency occupants moved onto the complex in a timely fashion.

"That would be our one hiccup," Dealy said. He was referring to the different agencies slated to move into the new terminal structure, including the Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and various car rental firms and air carriers.

"Everyone is up to date, but there is still some work to be done," he said.

Space also is being allocated for a Bay County Chamber of Commerce

the Bay County Tourist Development Council, said Randy Curtis, executive director of the Panama City-Bay County International Airport, which is moving its operations to the new site.

, -- runway complete, and construction teams are awaiting FAA approval before extending it to 10,000 feet. Once approval is gained, the extension should take about two months to complete, officials said.

The 120,000-square-foot airport terminal, more than twice as large as the current structure in Panama City, is now about a third complete, Curtis said. The $62.8 million terminal complex always has been seen as the heart of the new $318 million airport taking shape near West Bay. The old terminal was only about 57,000 square feet, Curtis said.