{"id":31069,"date":"2025-03-16T23:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T23:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=31069"},"modified":"2025-03-16T23:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T23:09:10","slug":"montana-airports-receive-grant-and-loan-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/montana\/montana-airports-receive-grant-and-loan-funding\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Montana Airports Receive Grant and Loan Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Montana Aeronautics Board has allocated more than $3.2 million in funding for fiscal year (FY) 2026. This funding is designated for a range of airport infrastructure enhancement initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A portion of the annual grants and loans is intended to match 95\/5 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding for substantial airport construction projects. Requests totaling approximately $5.7 million were submitted by 49 public-use airports throughout the state. Ultimately, the Board awarded funding for 123 out of 140 submitted project proposals from 44 public airports in Montana, encompassing both federally supported and non-federally supported projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following airports have been selected to receive funding in FY 2026:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airport<\/strong><\/td>Grant<\/strong><\/td>Loan<\/strong><\/td><\/td>Airport<\/strong><\/td>Grant<\/strong><\/td>Loan<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Baker<\/td>$22,725<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Malta<\/td>$16,469<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Big Sandy<\/td>$9,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Miles City<\/td>$39,200<\/td>$100,000<\/td><\/tr>
Broadus<\/td>$10,500<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Plains<\/td>$55,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Chester<\/td>$80,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Plentywood<\/td>$46,175<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Chinook<\/td>$43,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Polson<\/td>$350,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Choteau<\/td>$3,760<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Poplar<\/td>$13,280<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Colstrip<\/td>$14,525<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Red Lodge<\/td>$318,500<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Conrad<\/td>$34,700<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Ronan<\/td>$18,750<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Cutbank<\/td>$9,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Roundup<\/td>$20,530<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Deer Lodge<\/td>$77,977<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Scobey<\/td>$9,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Ekalaka<\/td>$36,875<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Shelby<\/td>$9,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Ennis<\/td>$24,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Sidney<\/td>$20,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Forsyth<\/td>$15,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Stanford<\/td>$34,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Fort Benton<\/td>$14,500<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Stevensville<\/td>$79,450<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Geraldine<\/td>$8,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Superior<\/td>$9,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Hamilton<\/td>$331,442<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Terry<\/td>$17,175<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Harlem<\/td>$15,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Three Forks<\/td>$193,867<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Havre<\/td>$10,000<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Twin Bridges<\/td>$122,596<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Helena<\/td>$0<\/td>$230,000<\/td><\/td>Valier<\/td>$0<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Hot Springs<\/td>$165,630<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>West Yellowstone<\/td>$68,480<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Kalispell<\/td>$556,395<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>White Sulphur Springs<\/td>$35,600<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Lewistown<\/td>$200,000<\/td>$20,000<\/td><\/td>Winnett<\/td>$29,400<\/td>$0<\/td><\/tr>
Lincoln<\/td>$12,500<\/td>$0<\/td><\/td>Total Awarded<\/strong><\/td>$3,200,000<\/strong><\/td>$350,000<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information, visit mdt.mt.gov\/aviation\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Montana Aeronautics Board has allocated more than $3.2 million in funding for fiscal year (FY) 2026. This funding is designated for a range of airport infrastructure enhancement initiatives. A portion of the annual grants and loans is intended to match 95\/5 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding for substantial airport construction projects. Requests totaling approximately […]<\/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":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-montana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069","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=31069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31071,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31069\/revisions\/31071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}