{"id":13995,"date":"2019-10-15T11:36:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=13995"},"modified":"2019-10-15T11:44:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T11:44:01","slug":"state-grants-awarded-to-eleven-west-virginia-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/west-virginia\/state-grants-awarded-to-eleven-west-virginia-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"State Grants Awarded to Eleven West Virginia Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photo above – Governor Jim Justice (right), looks on as West Virginia Aeronautics Director Sean Hill addresses attendees.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airports in West Virginia recently received a funding boost.\nGov. Jim Justice, Secretary of Transportation Byrd White and Aeronautics\nCommission Director Sean Hill flew across the state on Monday to announce\nthousands of dollars in aeronautics grant funding to 11 state airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant award ceremonies were held at Huntington Tri-State\nAirport in Wayne County, Yeager Airport in Kanawha County, and Mercer County\nAirport near Bluefield \u2013 three of 11 airports statewide that have been awarded\na combined total of $677,483 in grant funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the grants come from Special Revenue, provided by\nthe Aviation Fuel Tax. These grants will also make it possible for airports to\nsecure $12,194,700 in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAirports are our lifeblood \u2013 they\u2019re the number one thing\nwhen it comes to growth in our communities,\u201d Gov. Justice said. \u201cAnd so, what\nwe\u2019ve tried to do, is we\u2019ve tried to target our grant amounts so that we can\nthen obtain additional federal amounts. That could turn this into big dollars\nand make things happen within our own state, within our own facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have to put a paramount on safety. We\u2019ve got to\nabsolutely know that the economic engines of our communities are our airports.\nAnd we\u2019ve got to have safe, good, quality airports. That\u2019s all there is to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the support of Gov. Justice, the WVAC has now been able\nto award a combined total of $1,029,776 this fiscal year alone, with each of\nthe state\u2019s 24 airports receiving a portion of the grant funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, this month, the Governor issued a proclamation\nthat formally recognizes October as General Aviation Appreciation Month in West\nVirginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sean Hill<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Aeronautics Commission has witnessed an unprecedented\nlevel of support from Governor Justice and our federal partners,\u201d WVAC Director\nSean Hill said. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that this latest batch of grant funding touches\nairports in every corner of the state. And with all the recent investment, the\nfuture of West Virginia\u2019s air system is looking extremely bright.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complete list of WVAC grant awards is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appalachian Regional Airport \u2013 Mingo County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $13,537 Funds will be used to rehabilitate a combined total of 183,300 linear feet of the airport\u2019s runway, taxiway, and apron. Additional FAA funding: $243,663<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Braxton County Airport WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $46,779 Funds will be used to construct an 8-unit T-Hangar. Additional FAA funding: $842,026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairmont Municipal Airport \u2013 Marion County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $5,100 Funds will be used on obstruction removal efforts. Additional FAA funding: $91,800<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant County Airport WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $4,722 Funds will be used to design a 6-unit T-Hangar for future construction. Additional FAA funding: $85,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kee Field Airport \u2013 Wyoming County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $19,845 Funds will be used to rehabilitate the airport\u2019s runway. Additional FAA funding: $357,211<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mercer County Airport WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $46,029 Funds will be used to install a perimeter fence. Additional FAA funding: $828,528<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morgantown Municipal Airport \u2013 Monongalia County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $56,470 Funds will be used on several various airfield upgrade projects. Additional FAA funding: $1,016,467<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Philippi\/Barbour County Regional Airport WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $4,944 Funds will be used to construct a Box Hangar facility. Additional FAA funding: $88,991<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntington Tri-State Airport \u2013 Wayne County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $325,072 Funds will be used to make improvements to airport drainage and the runway safety area. Additional FAA funding: $5,851,921<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upshur County Airport WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $8,485 Funds will be used to construct a building at the airport. Additional FAA funding: $152,723<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeager Airport \u2013 Kanawha County WVAC Funds from Fuel Tax: $146,500 Funds will be used to make improvements to airport drainage. Additional FAA funding: $2,637,000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo above – Governor Jim Justice (right), looks on as West Virginia Aeronautics Director Sean Hill addresses attendees. Airports in West Virginia recently received a funding boost. Gov. Jim Justice, Secretary of Transportation Byrd White and Aeronautics Commission Director Sean Hill flew across the state on Monday to announce thousands of dollars in aeronautics grant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west-virginia"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sean-Hill-and-Gov-Justice.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14002,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13995\/revisions\/14002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}