{"id":23141,"date":"2022-08-15T14:10:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23141"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:10:05","slug":"iowa-transportation-commission-approves-fy2023-state-aviation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/iowa\/iowa-transportation-commission-approves-fy2023-state-aviation-program\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Transportation Commission Approves FY2023 State Aviation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved $8.3 million\nfor the fiscal year 2023 State Aviation Program, which includes several\nsubprograms detailed below.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) will fund $5.4 million\nfor a variety of aviation safety initiatives, system planning, and air service\ndevelopment activities. It will also provide funding for airport development\nprojects at 21 airports in Iowa. Eligible AIP projects include runway, taxiway,\nand apron development; fuel systems; navigational aids; maintenance of aviation\nweather systems; runway marking; windsocks; emergency operational repairs;\nland-use planning; air service initiatives; and the mitigation of obstruction\nand wildlife hazards at airports. The AIP program is funded with revenue from\naircraft registration fees and aviation fuel taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation vertical infrastructure programs will provide $2.9\nmillion for projects at six general aviation airports and eight commercial\nservice airports throughout Iowa. These programs provide funding for the\nmaintenance and development of airport facilities, such as terminal buildings,\nmaintenance facilities, and aviation hangars. Vertical infrastructure programs\nare funded from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modal Transportation Bureau Director Tammy Nicholson notes\nthat funding for the State Aviation Program has stabilized as aviation activity\nand resulting revenue streams have returned to pre-pandemic levels. She said,\n\u201cIt\u2019s good to be back to normalized funding streams, but now we need continue\nto find ways to stretch funding that has lost buying power with increased costs\nof materials and labor.\u201d&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The State Aviation Program supplements local and federal\nfunding sources and seeks to maintain a safe and effective statewide air\ntransportation system. Details on the State Aviation Program funding can be\nviewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/iowadot.gov\/aviation\/airport-managers-and-sponsors\/State-Funding\/state-funding-programs\">https:\/\/iowadot.gov\/aviation\/airport-managers-and-sponsors\/State-Funding\/state-funding-programs<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information regarding aviation in Iowa is\navailable at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadot.gov\/aviation\">www.iowadot.gov\/aviation<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved $8.3 million for the fiscal year 2023 State Aviation Program, which includes several subprograms detailed below.&nbsp; The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) will fund $5.4 million for a variety of aviation safety initiatives, system planning, and air service development activities. It will also provide funding for airport development projects at [&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":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iowa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141","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=23141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23142,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23141\/revisions\/23142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}