{"id":19276,"date":"2021-08-28T14:31:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19276"},"modified":"2021-08-28T14:31:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T14:31:54","slug":"faa-invests-766m-to-build-safer-more-sustainable-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-invests-766m-to-build-safer-more-sustainable-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Invests $766M to Build Safer, More Sustainable Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $766 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the fifth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 279 airports in 44 states plus Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View an <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/aoc.web.management\/viz\/AIPAugust2021Release\/AIPAugust2021Release\">interactive map<\/a> with all the awards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese grants will improve safety, sustainability and\naccessibility at airports across our country,\u201d FAA Administrator Steve Dickson\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to President Biden\u2019s American Rescue Plan, the\nprojects announced today will not have to pay the usual local match given the\nnearly $100 million provided in the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s grants include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Increase Safety, Expand Capacity<\/li><li>Adirondack Regional Airport, Saranac Lake, N.Y.:\n$2.8 million to rehabilitate 6,573 feet of the existing Runway 5\/23 pavement.\nThis project will install three new pavement condition sensors to help the\nairport determine when it needs to remove snow and ice, and to help with accurately\nreporting pavement conditions. <\/li><li>Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria,\nLa.: $3.9 million for runway extension, earthwork, and drainage improvements.\nExtending Runway 18\/36 will ensure the airport can maintain existing services\nand support increased cargo operations, and is expected to generate permanent\njobs for the community.<\/li><li>Baltimore\/Washington International Thurgood\nMarshall Airport, Glen Burnie, Md.: $12.2 million to move Taxiway F to meet\ncurrent FAA design standards. The grant funds the first 1,400-foot-long phase\nof the project.<\/li><li>Long Island MacArthur Airport, Islip, N.Y.: $6.9\nmillion to repair Taxiways E and F to maintain the structural integrity of the\npavement, and rebuild taxiway edge lighting and airfield guidance signs to meet\nFAA standards.<\/li><li>Norfolk International Airport, Norfolk, Va.: $3\nmillion to repair Runway 5\/23 and its associated lighting system to maintain\nthe structural integrity of the pavement and enhance safe airfield operations\nduring low visibility conditions. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Build More Sustainable Airports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls,\nMont.: $4.8 million to construct a deicing pad and facilities to keep deicing\nmaterials separate from storm water. The new infrastructure will improve\noperational efficiency by allowing aircraft deicing at a location away from the\ngate.<\/li><li>Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport,\nLouisville, Ky.: $10.6 million to install a geothermal system in the terminal\nbuilding to improve the airport&#8217;s energy efficiency. The airport will heat and\ncool the 400,000 square-foot terminal building with the new geothermal system,\nwhich will replace three existing boilers. The geothermal system will\nsignificantly reduce pollutants, such as ozone, carbon monoxide, and\nparticulate matter associated with the burning of natural gas. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increase Access for Rural, Remote Communities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport,\nAtqasuk, Alaska: $20.7 million to repair the gravel pavement on Runway 6\/24,\nthe aircraft parking area, the taxiway to the parking area, and other airfield\nimprovements. The project enhances the safety of airport operations and extends\nthe life of the airport infrastructure. Atqasuk, a remote community in northern\nAlaska, is solely dependent on aviation for the transportation of people,\ngoods, and critical services. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increase Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Charleston AFB\/International Airport,\nCharleston, S.C.: $84,000 to buy a passenger lift device to help passengers\nwith disabilities board and deplane aircraft to comply with the Americans with\nDisabilities Act (ADA) of 1990.<\/li><li>Wilmington International Airport, Wilmington,\nN.C.: $16.4 million to expand the terminal building and apron to accommodate\nincreased use of the terminal facilities. The expanded terminal will have\nadditional concourse and gate seating, new restaurant and retail space, and\nexpanded TSA checkpoint screening areas. The new areas will be ADA accessible\nand meet all ADA requirements.<\/li><li>Fort Wayne International Airport, Fort Wayne,\nInd.: $6.1 million to expand the terminal building and improve the existing\nticketing area and passenger gates to increase passenger capacity. The terminal\nexpansion will provide a service-animal relief area, lactation rooms, and\nchildren\u2019s play area. It also will meet ADA requirements by purchasing\ntechnology called a hearing loop, which allows people with compatible\/enabled\nhearing aid devices to hear the gate announcements in their hearing aids. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Airport Improvement Program receives approximately $3.2 billion in funding each year. The FAA plans to award more than 1,800 grants in 2021. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/airports\/aip\/2021_aip_grants\/media\/FY2021_AIP_grants_announced_08242021.pdf\">complete listing of grants <\/a>(PDF) and AIP <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/aoc.web.management\/viz\/AIPAugust2021Release\/AIPAugust2021Release\">Grants Data by State<\/a> is on the FAA website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $766 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the fifth round of FY 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 279 airports in 44 states plus Guam, Puerto [&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-19276","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\/19276","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=19276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19277,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions\/19277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}