Eleven Arkansas Airports to Share $5.5 Million in FAA Grants for Improvements

It was announced recently that 11 Arkansas airports will receive $5.5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support facility upgrades and expansions.

The airports receiving funding are:

Arkadelphia: Dexter B Florence Memorial Airport will receive $49,500 to conduct a study to identify options for improving drainage on the airport.

Bentonville: Bentonville Municipal Airport will receive $1,496,258 for taxiway construction.

De Queen: J Lynn Helms Sevier County Airport will receive $82,581 to rehabilitate the apron.

Fayetteville: Drake Field Airport will receive $135,000 to widen the taxiway.

Hope: Hope Municipal Airport will receive $90,000 to conduct a study to identify solutions to improve airport drainage.

Little Rock: Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport will receive $2,250,498 to construct new runways and reconstruct runway lighting systems.

Magnolia: Magnolia Municipal Airport will receive $338,531 to construct a runway and install runway lighting systems.

Morrilton: Morrilton Municipal Airport will receive $312,848 to rehabilitate the runway.

Mount Ida: Bearce Airport will receive $232,696 to rehabilitate the apron.

Ozark: Ozark-Franklin County Airport will receive $168,891 to construct a taxiway.

Paragould: Kirk Field Airport will receive $161,511 to acquire eight acres of land. An additional grant of $180,000 will be used to conduct a master plan study to show current and future needs of the airport.