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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Five N.Y. airports set to receive $12.3M in FAA grants

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded five N.Y. airports a total of $12.3 million in grants for infrastructure improvements. Among the grants, Rochester will receive $5.8 million, which will go towards runway rehabilitation, lighting construction and guidance sign replacements.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

S.D. airports receive $19.64M in federal grants

Seventeen South Dakota airports will receive a combined $19.64 million in grants from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. Sioux Falls Regional Airport will use its $7.92 million share of the funds to expand and rehabilitate an apron, purchase a new aircraft deicing pad and increase aircraft parking capacity.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Maine’s Small Airports To Receive Funding Boost From FAA

The federal government is providing a total of more than $2.5 million to help several municipal and regional airports make safety upgrades.

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Decatur Airport gets $2.9 million federal grant for runway improvements

The primary runway at Decatur Airport will be rehabilitated after weathering more than two decades of air traffic, thanks to a $2.9 million federal grant announced Friday. Airport Director Tim Wright said the primary runway targeted for the project is more than 20 years old and is inspected every two years.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Rapid City airport awarded $4.5 million in federal funding

Approximately $3.7 million of the funds will go toward the renovation of the terminal, according to airport documents. … Renovations will include the replacement of an elevator Dame said is original to the building and the relocation of an escalator to the center of the terminal. Dame said these projects and others — such as

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Lehigh Valley International Airport Lands $20 million in Grants for Runway Renovations

The three grants from the FAA will allow the authority to redesign its main runway, which runs parallel to Route 22, by moving drainage to the runway’s outskirts. The change will bring the airport into compliance with modern aviation standards. In addition, the grants will improve lighting and strengthen on the pavement.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Feds fund Rochester airport projects

The $3.3 million will be used to install a new jet bridge for boarding passengers and start design work for the first phase of secondary runway reconstruction. Both projects have been in airport renovation plans, waiting for the approval of federal funding, which will cover 90 percent of the estimated cost.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Alaska airports to get another piece of the pie from an FAA Airport Improvement Program

Four airports in Alaska are receiving a combined $31.2 million in infrastructure grants from the Federal Aviation Administration. $11.4 million to the Kotlik Airport to expand a service road, reconstruct runway lighting, repair a taxiway, apron, and runway and install miscellaneous navigational aids, repair a runway and an apron.

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Written by Nick | August 1, 2019

Airports In Monterey, Napa Among Those Receiving Federal Improvement Grants

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that airports in Monterey, Napa and Watsonville are among those that will receive grants as part of the fourth allotment of the Airport Improvements Program. There are an additional 19 California airports among the recipients, bringing the state to a grand sum of $23.5 million in federal airport improvement