{"id":17767,"date":"2021-02-22T23:22:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T23:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17767"},"modified":"2021-02-22T23:22:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T23:22:27","slug":"oklahoma-airports-to-receive-15m-in-coronavirus-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/oklahoma-airports-to-receive-15m-in-coronavirus-relief\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Airports to Receive $15M in Coronavirus Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new program by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)\nis set to begin distributing nearly $15.2 million dollars to several Oklahoma\nairports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program (ACRGP) is\npart of the Federal Governments latest Coronavirus Response and Relief\nSupplemental Appropriation Act (CRRSAA). Oklahoma will have $15,198,519 to\ndistribute to 77 Oklahoma airports, including four commercial airports as well\nas 73 general aviation (GA) airports. An airport sponsor may use these funds\nfor costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial\nservices, combating the spread of pathogens at the airport and debt service\npayments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four of the GA airports are also eligible for the FAA\nContract Tower Program funding under CRRSAA including Ardmore Municipal\nAirport, University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport, Wiley Post Airport and Enid\nWoodring Regional Airport.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CRRSAA was signed into law by former President Trump on\nDecember 27, 2020 directing nearly $2 billion in funds to be awarded as\neconomic relief to eligible U.S. airports to prevent, prepare for and respond\nto the coronavirus pandemic. The bill includes $1.75 billion for commercial\nservice and certain cargo airports and up to $45 million for nonprimary\nCommercial and GA airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe past year brought the Oklahoma Airport System\nchallenges like the industry has never experienced. As with the first round of\nrelief funds, federal transportation dollars to our airports is appropriate and\nnecessary during these difficult times,\u201d Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz\nsaid. \u201cWe know that regional airports connect communities to commerce, and\nthese critical grant funds will continue to allow our communities to sustain\nthe operations at their airports.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma City\u2019s Will Rogers World Airport will receive the\nmost funding at $6.4M while Tulsa International Airport will receive $5.5M.\nStillwater and Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airports will receive just over $1M\neach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have spent the better part of a year advocating for our\nairports during the pandemic, and we are encouraged to see some of this funding\ncoming to Oklahoma,\u201d said State Director of Aeronautics, Grayson Ardies.&nbsp; \u201cWe sincerely appreciate everything that our\nFederal Delegation has done to bring this relief to our airports and look\nforward to working with them on future relief efforts.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airports receiving the most amounts of funding are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will Rogers World Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n$6,447,970<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tulsa International Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n$5,525,442<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stillwater Regional Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n$1,016,429<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wiley Post Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$91,162<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $57,162<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enid Woodring Regional Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; $57,162<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ardmore Municipal Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$57,162<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$57,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Woodward&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$23,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ponca City Regional&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$23,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a complete list of airports and funding, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/oac.ok.gov\/\">www.oac.ok.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new program by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to begin distributing nearly $15.2 million dollars to several Oklahoma airports. The Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program (ACRGP) is part of the Federal Governments latest Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriation Act (CRRSAA). Oklahoma will have $15,198,519 to distribute to 77 Oklahoma airports, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767","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=17767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17768,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17767\/revisions\/17768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}