{"id":32504,"date":"2025-08-18T22:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=32504"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:39:35","slug":"boca-raton-airport-receives-805000-federal-grant-to-replace-awos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/boca-raton-airport-receives-805000-federal-grant-to-replace-awos\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Boca Raton Airport Receives $805,000 Federal Grant to Replace AWOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Boca Raton Airport Authority has received more than $805,000 in federal grants to replace their Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWOS-in-Boca-edit.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32505\" style=\"width:235px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWOS-in-Boca-edit.png 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AWOS-in-Boca-edit-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent years, the existing AWOS has become increasingly unreliable, leading to extended periods of outages and necessitating substantial maintenance to keep it operational. The new, relocated, AWOS, will provide more reliable weather readings for air traffic controllers and pilots, while also being more cost-efficient to maintain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank Congresswoman Lois Frankel and Congressman Jared Moskowitz for their support in securing this FAA grant for the airport,\u201d states Clara Bennett, Executive Director of the BRAA. \u201cWe are pleased to continue to modernize BCT\u2019s equipment and facilities and enhance our airport&#8217;s safety and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boca Raton Airport Authority has received more than $805,000 in federal grants to replace their Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS).&nbsp; In recent years, the existing AWOS has become increasingly unreliable, leading to extended periods of outages and necessitating substantial maintenance to keep it operational. The new, relocated, AWOS, will provide more reliable weather readings [&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":[33,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32504","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=32504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32506,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32504\/revisions\/32506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}