{"id":22399,"date":"2022-06-12T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=22399"},"modified":"2022-06-12T13:09:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T13:09:44","slug":"faa-awards-518-million-to-improve-critical-airport-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/faa-awards-518-million-to-improve-critical-airport-infrastructure\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards $518 Million to Improve Critical Airport Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) awarded $518 million to build safer, more accessible\nairports across the country.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn communities of all sizes, airports are vital to local\neconomies, sustaining jobs and getting people and goods where they need to go,\u201d\nsaid U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to announce\nthis important funding to help improve airports around the country and better\nserve all Americans.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second round of the 2022 Airport Improvement Program\n(AIP) awards includes 416 grants to airports across the U.S. to fund a variety\nof projects such as construction of new and improved airport facilities,\nrepairs to runways and taxiways, maintenance of airfield elements like lighting\nor signage, and purchasing equipment needed to operate and maintain\nairports.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.dot.gov\/t\/FAA\/views\/AirportImprovementProgramAIPJune2022\/AIP?%3Aembed=y&amp;%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y\">View an interactive map with all the awards<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.dot.gov\/t\/FAA\/views\/AirportImprovementProgramAIPJune2022\/AIP?%3Aembed=y&amp;%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y\">.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re investing $518 million in airports across America so\ncommunities big and small can continue to safely and efficiently connect with\nthe rest of the world,\u201d said FAA Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta\nGriffin, P.E. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples of grants include: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Heber Springs Municipal Airport (Heber Springs,\nAR): $1 million to extend the Runway 6\/24 safety area an additional 300 feet.\nThe grant funds the final phase of the project to enhance the safety of\noperations at the airport.&nbsp; <\/li><li>La Crosse Regional Airport (La Crosse, WI):\n$765,000 to purchase a new Class 4, 1,500-gallon aircraft rescue fire-fighting\nvehicle. The replacement vehicle is required to meet FAA safety requirements\nunder 14 CFR part 139. <\/li><li>Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (Springfield,\nIL): $7 million to complete the final phase of its Runway Incursion Mitigation\nprogram. The project reconfigures three runways that currently intersect, improves\nthe airfield layout of the associated taxiways, and provides funds for other\nrelated infrastructure improvements. This project will help reduce the\nlikelihood of runway incursions at the airport.&nbsp;\n<\/li><li>Lehigh Valley International Airport (Allentown,\nPA): $7.9 million to fund the final construction phase of the airport\u2019s work to\nrehabilitate 7,600 feet of Runway 6\/24 pavement and existing Runway 6\/24\nlighting system. The infrastructure has reached the end of its useful life and\nthe work will enhance safe airfield operations during low-visibility\nconditions. <\/li><li>James M. Cox Dayton International Airport\n(Dayton, OH): $13.4 million to rehabilitate 54,000 square yards, equivalent to\nmore than eight football fields, of the existing terminal apron pavement to\nmaintain its structural integrity. This is the seventh phase of a 10-phase\nproject. <\/li><li>Yellowstone Airport (West Yellowstone, MT): $2.6\nmillion to construct a new 36,000 square foot terminal building to accommodate\nincreased passenger demand as well as to meet Transportation Security\nAdministration and Americans with Disabilities Act design standards.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Savannah\/Hilton Head International Airport\n(Savannah, GA): $5.3 million to install 4,000 feet of drainage improvements to\nhandle storm water runoff. The project will reconfigure the terminal area water\nrunoff to meet storm-water retention requirements.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Faribault Municipal-Liz Wall Strohfus Field\nAirport (Faribault, MN): $431,680 to rehabilitate runway lighting systems to\ninclude upgrading to LED runway and taxiway lighting. The installation of LED\nlighting and guidance signs will reduce energy consumption and environmental\nimpact compared to standard lighting.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Naples Municipal (Naples, FL): $3.5 million to\nimprove 684,400 square feet of the airport&#8217;s existing drainage system to\neliminate ponding on airfield surfaces to meet FAA design standards. As\nrecommended by the Wildlife Hazard Management Plan, the project regrades the\ninfield area between Runway 5-23 and Taxiway A and installs culverts for\ndrainage.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li><li>Cyril E. King Airport (Charlotte Amalie, VI):\n$12.2 million to rehabilitate 7,000 feet of the existing Taxiway A to maintain\nthe structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.\nThe project has a total of five phases. Phase 2 funds the west 3,300 feet of\nthe 7,000-foot taxiway. Future phases will fund the design and construction of\nthe remainder of the taxiway. <\/li><li>Pullman Regional Airport (North Pullman, WA): $7\nmillion to create more space in the terminal for additional vendors. The\nterminal will also open up opportunities for cargo, charter, and business\naviation. This will generate an estimated 55 to 60 new jobs, post terminal\nconstruction. <\/li><li>Lake Charles Regional Airport (Lake Charles,\nLA): $1 million to fund construction of an arrivals canopy for the airport\u2019s\nnew 4,424 square foot terminal. Both the arrivals and departures canopies are\npart of the final phase of a four-phase project that will increase passenger\nthroughput at the airport.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA has awarded a total of $1.1 billion of the $3.2 billion total funding available in Fiscal Year 2022. A complete listing of grants is on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/airport-grants-announced-june-7-2022\">FAA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $518 million to build safer, more accessible airports across the country.&nbsp; \u201cIn communities of all sizes, airports are vital to local economies, sustaining jobs and getting people and goods where they need to go,\u201d said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to announce this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22401,"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-22399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grants-AIP.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22399","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=22399"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22402,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22399\/revisions\/22402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}