Virginia Aviation Board Allocates $7.25 Million to Airports

At the August 12, 2022, Virginia Aviation Board meeting, the Board allocated $7.25 million for 31 projects at 20 airports in the Commonwealth.  You can see the list of projects, the amount funded and the airports that received the awards below.

Accomack County Airport, Easement Acquisition Services – Phase 2 $92,000.00
Fueling System Upgrade – Containment Expansion (Design) $33,500.00

Blue Ridge Regional Airport, Terminal Building Conceptual Study $45,268.00

Culpeper Regional Airport, Rear Perimeter Gate Access Control $16,965.00

Danville Regional Airport, Airport Access Road Rehabilitation (Construction) $31,952.00

Dinwiddie County Airport, South Ramp Rehabilitation (Construction) – Phase 1 (Non-AIP) – $122,332.00
T Hangar Asphalt Crack Seal/Seal Coat/Striping (Construction) $21,722.00

Farmville Regional Airport, Taxiway and Taxilane Rehabilitation (Design) $14,400.00

Hanover County Municipal Airport, Eastside Security Cameras (Construction) $18,200.00

Leesburg Executive Airport, North End Development Site Preparation (Construction) (BIL) $116,070.00
North Hangar Site Preparation (Construction) (Non-AIP) – INCREASE $26,333.00

Lonesome Pine Airport, Runway 6-24 Rehabilitation – Phase 2 (Construction) $404,930.00

Louisa County Airport, Self-Fueling System Relocation – Environmental Coordination $21,075.00

Luray Caverns Airport, T-Hangars & Taxilane Site Preparation (Construction) $938,458.00

Manassas Regional Airport, Main & Supplemental Windcones Replacement (Construction) $16,464.00
Observation Road Relocation & Drainage Improvement (Construction) (BIL) $288,000.00
Rotating Beacon Replacement (Construction) $18,498.00
Taxiway ‘A’ Pavement & Lighting Rehabilitation (Construction) – INCREASE $35,258.00
Terminal Building Fire Panel Replacement (Construction) $18,959.00
T-hangar Taxilane Rehabilitation – Phase 2 (Construction) $235,254.00
T-Hangar Taxiway Rehabilitation (Construction) – INCREASE $12,362.00

Mecklenburg-Brunswick Regional Airport, Helicopter Parking Apron (Construction) $30,520.00
Rotating Beacon Replacement (Construction) $13,578.00
Taxiways Crack Seal and Remarking (Construction) $28,672.00

Middle Peninsula Regional Airport , Box Hangar Site Preparation & Access Road (Design) $101,280.00

Richmond Executive – Chesterfield County Airport, Terminal Apron Rehabilitation (Construction) $113,120.00

Suffolk Executive Airport, Terminal Apron Rehabilitation (Construction) – INCREASE $20,160.00

Tappahannock-Essex County Airport, Zero Turn Mower $7,000.00

Tazewell County Airport, T-Hangar Site Preparation (Construction) – INCREASE $208,000.00

William M. Tuck Airport, Lighting Rehabilitation (Design) $9,838.00

Winchester Regional Airport, Replacement Terminal Building (Construction) $4,191,225.00

Total Allocated – Discretionary $7,251,393.00

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.