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Written by Nick | July 15, 2019

Improve airport security; reject the sneaky effort to raise airport fees

Former TSA Administrator John Pistole writes that raising the PFC cap will do little or nothing to improve airport security. It will, however, unnecessarily raise the cost of flying without addressing issues like reducing wait times or enhanced screening. That doesn’t make much sense.

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Written by Nick | July 15, 2019

Delaware Coastal Airport gets more fed funding for operations, runway

The Delaware Coastal Airport landed more federal funding to support operations and the effort to extend the main runway. The county-owned airport is an economic driver to the region. Improvements to its lighting, approaches and continued work to lengthen the runway are just a few projects that will allow the airport keep attracting new business

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Written by Nick | July 15, 2019

Airport receives $1.85 million grant

State and federal funds will give the London-Corbin Airport some needed improvements to its existing runway. The $1.85 million grant will provide new paving to the airport’s nearly 6,000 feet of runway – one of the largest runway areas in the state.

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Written by Nick | July 12, 2019

Kentucky awarded $11M in federal aviation discretionary grants to boost aviation

The Gallatin Airport in Sparta, Ky., will receive $9 million to invest in grading and drainage work critical to building a new general aviation airport, and the London-Corbin Airport in London, Ky., will receive $1.85 million for needed runway reconstruction on Magee Field.

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Written by Nick | July 12, 2019

Elkhart Municipal Airport receives $1.1M airport improvement grant

The airport received $1.1 million as part of the Airport Improvement Program to install perimeter fencing. This is the third allotment of grants for the $3.18 billion Airport Improvement Program.

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Written by Nick | July 11, 2019

New airport terminal starting to take shape

The Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport should have its sleek new terminal building by the end of 2020. The 91,000 square-foot, $43.8 million, electrochromic, glass-walled structure is being paid for through a combination of bonds and Federal Aviation Administration funds.

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Written by Nick | July 11, 2019

Rockford Airport To Get $11 Million In Federal Grant Funding

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced nearly $11.3 million in grant money to the Chicago Rockford International Airport. The money will go rehabilitating a runway and taxiway at the Rockford airport.

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Written by Nick | July 11, 2019

Sarasota-Bradenton airport getting $8.7 million from FAA

The grant money will fund drainage improvements, upgrades to the aircraft rescue and firefighting building and updates to the airport master plan study.

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Written by Nick | July 11, 2019

Helena Regional Airport gets $3 million in federal funds for renovations

The Helena Regional Airport is one 13 Montana airports that recently received more than $3 million in federal funds. U.S Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines announced 13 airports statewide would receive $8 million in funding from the Airport Improvement Program.