Thirty-six projects have been selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for the purpose of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports.
KAIP receives $5 million annually through the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program, known as IKE, and requires airport sponsors to share in the project costs by paying between 5% and 50% of the total project. The Kansas Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation, which manages the program, considered 145 project applications this year with a combined total project value of over $78 million.
“The aviation industry brings $20.6 billion in total economic impact to the State of Kansas,” said KDOT Director of Aviation Bob Brock. “The KAIP program helps this important industry remain a vital part of the Kansas economy. That translates into jobs and quality of life for the residents of Kansas.”
The selection board identified $4,968,161 in projects to address the most impactful airport improvements across the state. Please direct any questions to airportquestions@ks.gov.
Communities selected for funding, project and amount awarded include:
- Anthony Replace airport beacon and install AWOS – $252,450
- Atchison Construction on new runway 9-27 – $89,396
- Atchison Design of primary apron expansion – $38,000
- Atchison Construction of primary apron expansion – $328,500
- Atwood/Rawlins Co. Replace airport beacon – $72,000
- Augusta FOD sweeper unit – $3,998
- Augusta Fuel farm equipment safety and environmental improvements – $10,058
- Augusta Small crack sealant melter/applicator unit with a pallet of rubber crack filler material – $2,820
- Beloit Replace outdated (2008) AWOS system – $180,000
- Benton AWOS upgrade and service – $ 7,920
- Colby Construction of D32 taxiway to new business hangar – $108,000
- Dodge City Replace airfield generator – $72,000
- Ellsworth Replace lightning damaged and aging AWOS system – $242,550
- Emporia Paving materials to extend runway length to no less than 5,002 feet – $75,000
- Fort Scott Install electronic gate/keypad for security access & wildlife control – $21,250
- Goodland Pavement preservation on runway 12-30, replace joint seal on 50% of concrete pavement, repaint runway 12-30 and portion of GA apron – $409,050
- Herrington Replace airport beacon – $18,000
- Hutchinson Design hangar improvements to accommodate water bomber storage – $9,500
- Hutchinson Construct hangar improvements to accommodate water bomber storage – $85,850
- Iola/Allen Co. Pavement preservation of runway 1-19 and remarking – $477,000
- Leoti Install turnaround lights on ends of runway 17/35 – $72,000
- Olathe/IXD Pavement maintenance materials – $ 14,400
- Olathe/OJC Consolidate airfield electrical service equipment in one electrical vault – $378,000
- Olathe/OJC Pavement maintenance materials – $14,400
- Phillipsburg Replace aging existing AWOS – $207,900
- Rose Hill Runway/taxiway repair and pavement preservation entire airfield – $87,120
- Smith Center Design installation of an AWOS with P/T – $ 47,500
- Smith Center Construct installation of an AWOS with P/T – $306,000
- Stockton/Rooks Co. Design replacement of AWOS A/V with AWOS III-P/T – $47,500
- Stockton/Rooks Co. Construct replacement of AWOS A/V with AWOS III-P/T – $256,500
- Sublette Crack sealing and runway marking of runway 17-35 – $ 27,000
- Syracuse/Hamilton Co. Design pavement preservation and marking for runway 13-31 and apron – $38,000
- Syracuse/Hamilton Co. Construct pavement preservation/marking for runway 13-31 and apron – $180,000
- Winfield Replace aging existing generator that feeds airfield lighting and navaids – $270,000
- Ulysses/Grant Co. Design 100LL replacement/installation of new Jet-A self-serve fuel facility – $80,750
- Ulysses/Grant Co. Replace 100LL and install Jet-A self-serve fuel facility – $437,750
