Twenty-three projects have been selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for the purpose of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.
KAIP receives $5 million annually through the T-WORKS transportation program and requires airport sponsors to share in the project costs by paying a minimum of 5% of the total project. The KDOT’s Division of Aviation, which manages the program, considered 113 project applications this year with a combined total project value of more than $27 million.
“Transportation provides access to all things important in our lives and aviation is a particularly important mode of transportation for Kansas industry,” Julie Lorenz, Secretary of Transportation said. “These airport improvements are a few of the many important efforts to empower aviation economic growth across our entire state. KAIP has shown great value through the years and will continue under the proposed FORWARD transportation program.”
The selection board identified $4.2 million of improvements to address the top 15% most impactful airport improvements across the state.
“Aviation represents $20.6 billion in total economic impact for the state of Kansas,” said Bob Brock, KDOT Director of Aviation. “We’ve assessed the remaining $23.5 million of needs and are working with communities to identify best-value strategic improvements through KAIP.”
Communities selected for funding and amount awarded include:
Atwood – Backup generator for airfield lighting and Automated Weather Observing System — $27,000
Benton – 15 additional parking pads along taxiway — $45,360
Colby – Airfield drainage and grading — $104,250
Colby – Install Automated Weather Observing System — $91,800
Gardner – Campus redesign, tech survey and business and economic plan — $178,600
Goodland – Construct taxiway replacement — $310,612
Hugoton – Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark runway — $212,750
Hutchinson – Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark taxiway, aprons and taxilane — $263,400
Independence – Remove and replace runway markings — $212,250
Newton – Install precision approach path indicators — $158,500
Olathe/Johnson County – Materials for minor maintenance — $7,500
Olathe/New Century – Mill and overlay north half of hangar apron — $216,000
Parsons – Two 10,000-gallon fuel tanks (Jet-A & 100LL) and card reader — $225,000
Phillipsburg – 600 feet runway extension design — $332,500
Pratt – Two 10,000-gallon fuel tanks (Jet-A & 100LL) — $200,000
Rose Hill – Move electrical vault — $41,650
Rose Hill – Lighting for taxiways — $85,680
Rose Hill – Aeronautical survey for instrument approach — $66,500
Rose Hill – Precision approach path indicator and windsock — $38,610
Rose Hill – Update master plan — $28,500
Salina – Rehabilitate pavement K-State Polytechnic apron — $103,320
Satanta – Crack seal, seal coat and re-mark runway — $141,530
Scott City – Install Automated Weather Observing System — $100,980
Smith Center – Construct partial parallel taxiway — $28,225
Tribune – Install Automated Weather Observing System — $158,750
Ulysses – Install Automated Weather Observing System, segmented circle and wind-cone — $417,000
Wellington – Repair Automated Weather Observing System — $108,900
Wichita/James Jabara – Runway slab replacement and patching — $344,000
