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John Binder, Alaska Department of Transportation &\nPublic Facilities, Deputy Commissioner, Aviation, recently took the opportunity\nto explain how this funding can be used and where it can be allocated for state\nairports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the $124.17 million that will come to Alaska, $33 million\nis designated for the international airports (Anchorage and Fairbanks) and $49\nmillion is flexible funding for state-owned rural airports. The remaining $41.7\nmillion is for non-state-owned airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to take the opportunity to clarify how this\nfunding can be used and where it can be allocated for state airports, wrote Binder\nin a release. \u201cThe funding amount listed for each airport was set by the FAA\nthrough airport formulas for the purpose of calculating Alaska\u2019s share of the\nfederal funding. It was not intended or directed that the funding amount listed\nfor each airport be distributed at that specific airport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an example, Binder explained the Cordova Airport is\nlisted at $20,000 based on funding level. That does not mean Cordova Airport\nwill receive $20,000. \u201cThis funding is not intended as a capital improvement\nprogram, as the annual Airport Improvement Program funds are already being\nexecuted. Rather, this funding is intended to enable states to preserve their\naviation system in light of the coronavirus challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is important to note that the state\u2019s rural and international\nairports are not funded the same. Rural airports are funded by the State of\nAlaska and the state receives minimal revenue for the use of rural airports.\nThus, COVID-19 has had minimal impact on the state\u2019s rural airport budget.\nHowever, the international airports, Ted Stevens Anchorage and Fairbanks\nInternational, rely solely on the revenues generated by the passenger, cargo\nand customer activity at the airports. The decline in passenger travel due to\nCOVID-19 is having a significant impact on the activity levels of these two\nairports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur ability to use the CARES funds for State of Alaska\nairports is pending legislative authority,\u201d wrote Binder. \u201cThe actual\nallocations of funding and how it will be used will be determined after\ndiscussions with the legislature. Funding will be combined into two categories,\ninternational airports ($33 million) and rural airports ($49 million) and will\nbe used collectively to ensure that the state\u2019s highest aviation priorities\nremain funded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In Alaska, statistics on 257 airports were used in calculating the state\u2019s share of the CARES Act Airport Grant program funding from the FAA. John Binder, Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Deputy Commissioner, Aviation, recently took the opportunity to explain how this funding can be used and where it can be allocated for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alaska"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ted-Stevens-Anchorage-International-Airportedit-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271","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=15271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15274,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15271\/revisions\/15274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}