  
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $290.6 Million in
Infrastructure Grants to 105 Airports
WASHINGTON � The U.S. Department of Transportation today
announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $ 290.6 million
in airport infrastructure grants to 105 airports in 38 states across the United
States as part of the FAA�s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
The airport grant program funds various types of airport
infrastructure projects, including runways, taxiways, and airport signage,
lighting, and markings which help to create thousands of jobs.
�AIP grants will allow airports to complete critical
airport infrastructure projects that will help maintain the safety of the nation�s
airports,� said FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta.
Airports are entitled to a
certain amount of AIP funding each year, based on passenger volume. If their
capital project needs exceed their available entitlement funds, then the FAA
can supplement their entitlements with discretionary funding. �At this
time, the FAA is providing discretionary funding to 26 airports based on their
high-priority project needs.
Those receiving discretionary
grants are listed here, while the entitlement grant recipients can be found at
the link below:
Ted Stevens Anchorage
International Airport in Anchorage, AK, $8.2 million � to repair the aircraft parking area also known as the apron.
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Fairbanks International Airport
in Fairbanks, AK, $3.8 million � funds
will be used to make repairs to Taxiway Bravo.
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Tucson International
Airport in Tucson, AZ, $17.3 million � the grant will fund the
repair of Runway�11L/29R.
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Meadows Field in
Bakersfield, CA, $12.7 million � the grant will fund the
repair of Runway�12L/30R.
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Long Beach/Daugherty
Field in Long Beach, CA, $14.9 million � grant funds will be used
to reconstruct Runway 07R/25L.
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Sacramento Mather Airport
in Sacramento, CA, $3.7 million � the grant will fund the
repair of the aircraft parking area called the apron.
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San Diego International
Airport in San Diego, CA, $16.7 million � the grant will fund the
repair of Runway�09/27.
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San Luis Valley
Regional/Bergman Field in Alamosa, CO, $5.5 million � the
grant will fund repairs to Runway 02/20.
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Key West International
Airport in Key West, FL, $9 million � funds
will be used to repair Runway 09/27.
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Orlando International
Airport in Orlando, FL, $16 million � the grant will fund the
repair of Taxiway J, used by aircraft to enter and exit the runway.
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Tampa International Airport
in Tampa, FL, $9.3 million � the grant will fund the
repair of the taxiway.
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Zephyrhills Municipal
Airport in Zephyrhills, FL, $1.6 million � funds
will be used to repair Taxiway B pavement and lighting.
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Joslin Field-Magic Valley
Regional Airport in Twin Falls, ID, $3.1 million � funds
will be used for the east parallel Taxiway A repairs.
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Princeton Municipal
Airport in Princeton, ME, $5 million � funds will be used for
repairs to Runway�15/33.
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Stennis International
Airport in Bay St. Louis, MS, $4.8 million � the
grant will fund repairs to Runway�18/36.
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Ocean County Airport in
Toms River, NJ, $4.4 million � funds will be used to repair Runway 06/24.�
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Yerington
Municipal Airport in Yerington, NV, $2.3 million � the grant will fund repairs to Runway�01/19.
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Rogue
Valley International Airport in Medford, OR, $10.4 million � funds will be used to repair the taxiway.
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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
International Airport in Avoca, PA,
$7.5 million�� the
grant will fund Taxiway B repairs.
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Arnold
Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, PA, $2.5 million � the grant will fund repairs to Runway 05/23.
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Williamsport Regional
Airport in Williamsport, PA, $3.8 million � the
grant will fund the repair of Runway�09/27.
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Anderson
Regional Airport in Anderson, SC, $5.4 million � grants funds will be used to repair Runway 05/23.
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Logan-Cache Airport in
Logan, UT, $1.1 million � funds
will be used to repair the taxiway.
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Walla Walla Regional
Airport in Walla Walla, WA, $5.9 million � the
grant will fund the repair of the parallel taxiway.
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Tri-State/Milton J.
Ferguson Field in Huntington, WVA, $9.3 million � grant
funds will be used to reconstruct Taxiway A and the lighting system for that
taxiway.
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Casper/Natrona County
International Airport in Casper, WY, $10.5 million��
grant
funds�will
be used to repair Runway�03/21.
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See a full listing of all grant
recipients at:
https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grantapportion_data/media/FY17-AIP-Grants-Ready-to-Go-2017-07-17.pdf
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The FAA will issue AIP grants to
the airports over the next several weeks in time to take advantage of the
spring and summer construction season. The grants will ensure the projects at
these airports are either under construction or completed prior to the onset of
the winter season, which comes in late fall in some parts of the country.
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