{"id":19502,"date":"2021-09-27T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19502"},"modified":"2021-09-27T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:39:29","slug":"faa-awards-grants-to-60-airports-invests-431-8m-to-increase-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-awards-grants-to-60-airports-invests-431-8m-to-increase-safety\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards Grants to 60 Airports; Invests $431.8M to Increase Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $431.8 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the final round of Fiscal Year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 60 airports in 31 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. View an <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.dot.gov\/t\/FAA\/views\/AIPSeptember2021Release_16322269902730\/AIPAirportImprovementProgramAIP?:iid=1&amp;:isGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&amp;:embed=y\">interactive map<\/a> with all the awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo get passengers where they need to be safely and\nsustainably, we must make ongoing investments in our aviation system. These\ngrants will help fulfill our commitment to build a safer, more equitable and\nmore sustainable future,\u201d said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.<\/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>\u201cWith today\u2019s awards, the FAA has provided $3.2 billion in\nairports funds this year to improve safety, environmental stewardship, and\naccessibility,\u201d FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said. \u201cThese grants support\nairport infrastructure across our National Airspace System, providing federal\ninvestment to communities of all sizes, from remote areas to major metropolitan\ncities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s grants include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Increase Safety, Expand Capacity and Create Jobs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport,\nBozeman, Mont.: $5.0 million to construct a 28,800 square-yard general aviation\nparking area. <\/li><li>Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Fort\nWorth, Texas: Two grants totaling $35.0 million. The first, for $30.7 million,\npays for constructing two replacement aircraft rescue and firefighting\nbuildings to help the airport meet FAA safety requirements. The second, for\n$4.3 million, will be used to buy zero-emissions passenger shuttle buses and\nassociated charging infrastructure.<\/li><li>Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport,\nRomulus, Mich.: $35.6 million to enhance overall airfield safety by\nreconstructing a taxiway. This is the first phase of a project to reconstruct\n6,700 feet of existing taxiway pavement to eliminate potential debris from\ndeteriorating pavement and remove a direct connection between an apron and a\nrunway. <\/li><li>Gallatin Airport, Sparta, Ky.: $7.9 million to\nfund the third of four phases of a new airport in Gallatin County, Ky. This\nphase paves and marks 5,000 feet of the primary runway, 1,800 feet of taxiways,\nand 75,000 square yards of the terminal apron and constructs 3,200 feet of\nterminal access road. This new airport will serve a growing industrial and\ntourism economy and provide accessibility to the Kentucky Aviation System.<\/li><li>Grand Junction Regional Airport, Grand Junction,\nColo.: $15.7 million to construct a new 10,500-foot replacement runway to meet\nFAA standards, including grading and drainage features.<\/li><li>Venice Municipal Airport, Venice, Fla.: $2.1\nmillion to extend a taxiway to 5,000 feet. This project will reduce the time\nplanes remain on the runway and enhance safety by eliminating the need for\narriving aircraft to back-taxi on a runway. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Build More Sustainable Airports:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Albuquerque International Sunport, Albuquerque,\nN.M.: $7.1 million to buy zero-emissions passenger shuttle buses and associated\ncharging equipment, low-emission airport pre-conditioned air units,\nlow-emission airport ground power units and to reconstruct a taxiway.<\/li><li>Bismarck Municipal Airport, Bismarck, N.D.: $5.6\nmillion to install airfield drainage and storm sewer improvements. This grant\nfunds the seventh phase of a project to move approximately 60 acres of wetlands\nfrom the airport property to 11 miles east of the airport, which reduces the\nrisk of wildlife\/aircraft strikes at the airport while maintaining valuable\nwetland areas.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Denver International Airport, Denver, Colo.:\n$8.7 million to support Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) projects for\nairport air quality improvements. <\/li><li>Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tenn.:\n$24.8 million to build a deicing pad with associated facilities as part of the\noverall airport modernization project. The deicing facility will address environmental\nconcerns by preventing water runoff from deicing pads.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Sacramento International Airport, Sacramento,\nCalif.: $4.6 million to buy zero-emissions passenger shuttle buses and\nassociated charging equipment.<\/li><li>Tampa International Airport, Tampa, Fla.: $3.8\nmillion to buy zero-emissions passenger shuttle buses and associated charging\nequipment.<\/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>Metlakatla Airport, Metlakatla, Alaska: $6.5\nmillion to repair the seaplane base so it can be used to safely transport goods\nand services to remote communities in Alaska, including the Metlakatla Indian\nCommunity on Annette Island in southern Alaska.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Airport Improvement Program receives approximately $3.2 billion in funding each year. The FAA awarded more than 1,700 grants in 2021. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/airports\/aip\/2021_aip_grants\/media\/FY2021_AIP_grants_announced_09212021.pdf\">complete listing<\/a> of grants and <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.dot.gov\/t\/FAA\/views\/AIPSeptember2021Release_16322269902730\/AIPAirportImprovementProgramAIP?:iid=1&amp;:isGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&amp;:embed=y\">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) awarded more than $431.8 million in grants to build safer, more sustainable and more accessible airports across the United States. The funding from the final round of Fiscal Year 2021 Airport Improvement Program grants will pay for projects at 60 airports in 31 states plus Puerto [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19504,"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-19502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FAA-Grants-new.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502","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=19502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19503,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19502\/revisions\/19503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}