Tennessee DOT Announces $2.8M in Aeronautics Grants

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced that fourteen Tennessee airports received federal and state aeronautics grants totaling $2,832,300. Those airports are:

Centerville Municipal Airport

Everett-Stewart Regional Airport (Union City)

McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville)

Mark Anton Airport (Dayton)

Millington Regional Jetport

New Tazewell Municipal Airport

Robert Sibley Airport (McNairy County)

Smyrna Airport

Tri-Cities Regional Airport

Campbell County Airport

Fayette County Airport

Humboldt Municipal Airport

Smithville Municipal Airport

Sumner County Regional Airport

For more information on these grants you can visit http://news.tn.gov/taxonomy/term/39.

The grants are made available through the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division which administers federal and state funding to assist in the location, design, construction and maintenance of Tennessee’s diverse public aviation system.

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.