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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

FedEx announces $450 million investment in Memphis hub

FedEx is investing an additional $450 million into the FedEx Express World Hub in Memphis, bringing total investment to $1.5 billion. FedEx said the additional investment is because of “growing customer demand.” The project is expected to wrap up by 2025 “with significant job creation along the way,” according to the Tennessee Department of Economic

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

Logansport/Cass County Airport Awarded FAA Grant Worth Over $800k

The Logansport/Cass County Airport is receiving $823,500 from the Federal Aviation Administration for runway lighting. The grant will go to replacing the current 120 lights along runway 927 — the runaway lengthened last year — with LED lights.

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

Camdenton Receives Grant for Airport Runway Extension

Camdenton City Administrator Jeff Hancock says they’ve been awarded a grant to finalize a runway extension project at the Camdenton Memorial Lake Regional Airport. The grading and prep work will cost an estimated $4.2 million, while the construction on the extension will cost roughly $1 million. Work will begin sometime next year.

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

FAA giving S.C. airports $6.6 million in infrastructure grants

Some South Carolina airports will see an influx of funds from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including $3.2 million to construct a runway at the Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport and $2 million to rehabilitate taxiway lighting at the Florence Regional Airport.

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

LaPorte airport getting $1M for taxiway rehab

The city of LaPorte will be receiving nearly $1 million in federal grant money for renovations to its municipal airport. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday it was awarding $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to upgrade 232 airports in 43 states. Grants totaling $12.26 million were parceled out to 15 airports in Indiana.

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

Fort Worth Alliance Airport receives third grant in a month, will enhance safety

Fort Worth Alliance Airport received its third grant in a month, according to a July 31 announcement from the city of Fort Worth. The airport, located in the AllianceTexas development in northeast Fort Worth, received $758,510 through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The funding will be used to upgrade 700 feet of runway

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

Texas airport to receive $2.86M for runway improvements

The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Texas’ Easterwood Airport a $2.86 million Airport Improvement Program grant, which will be used to realign and improve the facility’s main taxiway.

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

Runway project underway at Reno-Tahoe Airport

The latest airport improvement project — $16 million dollars worth — is now underway though it’s unlikely any of the arriving or departing passengers noticed unless the had a window seat and happened to glance out the window at the east runway. The shorter of the two parallel north-south runways, Runway 16L is currently closed

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Written by Nick | August 2, 2019

University Park Airport awarded $1.8M for equipment

University Park Airport is set to receive $1.83 million through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program to upgrade the airport’s snow removal equipment. Ninety percent of the FAA grant will cover the replacement of the equipment with the remaining 10 percent being split between funds from the airport’s passenger facility charge and a grant from PennDOT’s