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Written by Nick | July 8, 2019

TxDOT Aviation awards $795K to Bay City Regional Airport

The Texas Transportation Committee has approved approximately $795,000 in state funding for the Bay City Regional Airport during its June meeting. The funds will be used for planned airport improvements, which include lighting improvements and a project bid to be completed this summer. …This year, TxDOT expects to provide approximately $60 million in funding for

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Written by Nick | July 1, 2019

Helena airport receives $3M in federal funding

The Helena Regional Airport recently received more than $3 million in federal funds, which local officials plan to put toward some needed maintenance projects. Helena was one of 13 Montana airports to receive more than $8 million total in funding from the Airport Improvement Program under the Department of Transportation. U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and

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Written by Nick | July 1, 2019

Southwest Oregon Regional Airport to upgrade runway system with $3.7 million grant

The Southwest Oregon Regional Airport is getting $3.7 million in grants to upgrade its runway system. Representative Peter DeFazio made the announcement last week that over $3.8 million in airport improvement grants are going to both the “Cave Junction and North Bend Airports,” all from the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Written by Nick | July 1, 2019

Future planned for Luzerne County-owned Wyoming Valley Airport

McFarland-Johnson Inc., an engineering company based in Binghamton, New York, was hired to complete the plan for $249,206, with a target February 2020 completion. The Federal Aviation Administration is covering 95 percent of the plan cost, the contract says.

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Written by Nick | June 24, 2019

Increasing the passenger facility charge at airports is a bad deal for Mainers

Here’s the reality: airports do not need an additional stream of funds. Here in Maine, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) just awarded 10 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants to airports throughout the state. That’s millions of dollars now sitting in the pockets of airports. And nearly $7 billion of uncommitted funds sits in the Airport

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Written by Nick | June 18, 2019

Minnesotans don’t need another airport tax

A lot has changed in the airline industry since I retired. I worked for one of the local carriers for more than 20 years, back then air travel was a privilege. Today though, because of the world we live in, air travel has had to adapt to more security measures, more travelers and unfortunately, more

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Written by Nick | June 14, 2019

Phoenix Sky Harbor Sky Harbor Approved For 20-Year Renovation Plan

The plan, which will cost about $5.7 billion over 20 years and will be paid for by airport revenue, according to Deborah Ostreicher, the Assistant Director of Aviation for Sky Harbor. The renovation project will help complete the Terminal 3 and Terminal 4 concourses and rework the rail tracks to have more room to the

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Written by Nick | June 7, 2019

Big changes at Blue Grass Airport. Better parking, improved taxiways coming.

The U.S. Department of Transportation competitive grant totaling $11,095,200 will be used to help pay for a new, 3,500-foot parallel taxiway as part of the final phase of a five-phase taxiway safety improvement program, Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell’s office announced this week.

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Written by Nick | June 7, 2019

Medford airport receives nearly $1 million in grants for improvements

Southern Oregon’s primary airport will receive almost $1 million in grants from the federal government for a number of improvements, the Jackson County Airport Authority said in a statement on Thursday. The Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR) was awarded $937,500 through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program in order to update the airport’s “Master