{"id":19280,"date":"2021-08-28T15:23:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T15:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19280"},"modified":"2021-08-28T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T15:23:54","slug":"faa-invests-85-million-in-airports-across-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/alaska\/faa-invests-85-million-in-airports-across-alaska\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Invests $85 Million in Airports Across Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) announced 19 airports across Alaska will receive a total\nof $85 million through Airport Improvement Program grants to help with safety,\naccess and sustainability efforts. The funding is from the fifth round of\nfiscal year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAviation is a way of life in America, and nowhere is this\ntruer than in Alaska,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. &#8220;These grants\ninvest in the safety of Alaska\u2019s airport infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation provides the backbone of daily commerce to many\ncommunities in the state, including the delivery of food and life-saving\nsupplies, inter-city and inter-village transportation, emergency medical\nevacuations and daily commuting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The projects announced today will not have to pay the usual\nlocal match thanks to nearly $100 million in President Biden\u2019s American Rescue\nPlan Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s grants include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Municipality of Anchorage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport,\nAnchorage, Alaska: $7.3 million to buy snow removal equipment; update the\nAirport Master Plan; seal the pavement on the taxiway; refresh the taxiway and\ntaxilane; and fix taxiway lighting.&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>North Slope Borough <\/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 apron, 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, goods\nand critical services. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bethel Airport, Bethel, Alaska: $34.3 million to\nreinforce the strength of the runway; reconstruct and rehabilitate the taxiway,\nairport lighting vault, emergency generator and airfield guidance signs; and\nbuy snow removal equipment.<\/li><li>McGrath Airport, McGrath, Alaska: $3.3 million\nto reconstruct the snow removal equipment building.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aleutians East Borough <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cold Bay Airport, Cold Bay, Alaska: $1.2 million\nto rehabilitate and expand the snow removal equipment building.<\/li><li>King Cove Airport, King Cove, Alaska: $383,381\nto apply a sealant to the pavement and joints on the aircraft parking area and\nthe taxiway. This work will extend the useful life of the pavement by\npreventing water from infiltrating pavement joints. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kaltag Airport, Kaltag, Alaska: $9.2 million to\nremove non-hazardous markings and lights; rebuild the runway, the aircraft parking\narea and the taxiway to the parking apron; reconstruct a snow removal equipment\nbuilding; install runway and taxiway lighting; and install navigational aids.<\/li><li>Nenana Municipal Airport, Nenana, Alaska:\n$450,000 to develop a new Airport Master Plan.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>City and Borough of Sitka <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport, Sitka, Alaska:\n$3.7 million to make improvements to the seaplane base.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An additional ten State of Alaska airports are receiving\ngrants to buy snow removal equipment. Grants amounts for these airports are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brevig Mission Airport, Brevig Mission, Alaska:\n$407,189<\/li><li>Chalkyitsik Airport, Chalkyitsik, Alaska:\n$407,189<\/li><li>Crooked Creek Airport, Crooked Creek, Alaska:\n$354,836<\/li><li>Elim Airport, Elim, Alaska: $407,189<\/li><li>Holy Cross Airport, Holy Cross, Alaska: $407,189<\/li><li>Hughes Airport, Hughes, Alaska: $407,189<\/li><li>Klawock Airport, Klawock, Alaska: $371,356<\/li><li>Kotlik Airport Kotlik, Alaska: $407,189<\/li><li>Russian Mission Airport, Russia Mission, Alaska:\n$407,189&nbsp; <\/li><li>Valdez Pioneer Field, Valdez, Alaska: $698,039<\/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. To date, Alaska airports have received $208.4 million in 2021grants. 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/app\/profile\/aoc.web.management\/viz\/AIPAugust2021Release\/AIPAugust2021Release\">AIP 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) announced 19 airports across Alaska will receive a total of $85 million through Airport Improvement Program grants to help with safety, access and sustainability efforts. The funding is from the fifth round of fiscal year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants. \u201cAviation is a way of life [&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":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaska"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19280","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=19280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19281,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19280\/revisions\/19281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}