{"id":18436,"date":"2021-05-16T22:34:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18436"},"modified":"2021-05-16T22:34:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T22:34:33","slug":"faa-awards-898-9-million-in-airport-improvement-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-awards-898-9-million-in-airport-improvement-grants\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards $898.9 Million in Airport Improvement Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) announced the award of more than $898.9 million in\ninfrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement\nProgram (AIP). This total includes $113.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act\nfunding to award all grants at a 100-percent federal share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInvesting in our nation\u2019s infrastructure is how our country\nhelped spark an aviation industry that now supports millions of jobs,\u201d said\nU.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. \u201cThese Airport Improvement\nProgram grants will help modernize America\u2019s airports and ensure that our air\ntransportation system remains the safest and most efficient in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grant projects funded through the Airport Improvement\nProgram promote safety, efficiency, environmental stewardship, infrastructure,\nand security at the nation\u2019s airports. Today\u2019s announcement includes 488 grants\nto 447 airports in 49 states and American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands\nand Puerto Rico. Today also marks the 75th anniversary of the legislation that\nestablished federal investment in our Nation\u2019s airport infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese grants represent the legacy and vital role of airport\ninfrastructure grant programs in helping the air transportation system operate\nsafely,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. \u201cInvesting in our nation\u2019s\ninfrastructure through AIP grants is a cornerstone of our commitment to\nsafety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of airports receiving grants for projects in this\nround include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Glendale Municipal, Glendale, Arizona, $1.4\nmillion \u2013 To rehabilitate 3,500 feet of the existing southern portion of\nTaxiway A pavement to extend its useful life and enhance safety by minimizing\nforeign object debris.<\/li><li>Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, more than\n$18.9 million \u2013 To resurface and seal the pavement for the airport\u2019s primary\nRunway 16R\/34L. This project will extend the useful life of the runway\npavement. Van Nuys airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in\nthe United States in terms of aircraft operations. Work is scheduled to begin\nin February 2022 and be completed in November 2022.<\/li><li>Bradley International, Windsor Locks,\nConnecticut, almost $11.3 million \u2013 For reconstructing the Taxiway S and to\nbring the connector taxiways to current federal design standards.<\/li><li>Denver International, Denver Colorado, nearly\n$26.7 million \u2013 To rehabilitate the pavement and lighting systems on Runway\n16L\/34R to enhance safe airfield operations during low-visibility conditions\nand to rehabilitate a taxiway.<\/li><li>Valdosta Regional, Valdosta, Georgia, nearly\n$5.7 million \u2013 To rehabilitate 8,000 feet of Runway 17\/35 maintaining the\nstructural integrity of the pavement and minimize foreign object debris.&nbsp; Additionally, this project enhances safety by\nremoving vegetation obstructions from the Runway 35 approach and departure\npaths. <\/li><li>Scott AFB\/MidAmerica, Belleville, Illinois, more\nthan $12.6 million \u2013 For expanding the terminal building to accommodate\nexisting passenger demand and meet security and American with Disabilities Act\n(ADA) requirements. The airport has seen an increase in enplanements from\n20,000 in 2015 to more than 150,000 in 2018. The security checkpoint is being\nrelocated to the first floor of the terminal and expanded by an additional lane\nto meet Transportation Security Administration design requirements.<\/li><li>Frederick Municipal, Frederick, Maryland, more\nthan $4.8 million \u2013 For extending Runway 05\/23 to meet the operational needs of\nthe airport. Additionally, this project relocates the parallel taxiway to meet\nfederal design standards for separation between runways and taxiways.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>President Harry Truman established the first program to\nprovide federal investment for airport infrastructure and development of the\nnation&#8217;s civil airports when he signed the Federal Airport Act of 1946. The\nfirst grant was awarded to Twin Falls, Idaho, to help construct an airport.\nSince 1946, the FAA has issued more than 89,000 grants totaling $96 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Airport Improvement Program receives approximately $3.2 billion in congressional funding each year. The FAA will award more than 1,500 grants this year. A complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/airports\/aip\/2021_aip_grants\/media\/FY2021_AIP_grants_announced_05132021.pdf\">listing of grants (PDF) <\/a>and an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/airports\/aip\/2021_aip_grants\/map\/\">interactive map<\/a> of airport recipients is maintained on the FAA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of more than $898.9 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This total includes $113.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to award all grants at a 100-percent federal share. \u201cInvesting in our nation\u2019s infrastructure is [&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":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18436","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=18436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18437,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18436\/revisions\/18437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}