MacArthur Airport gets $5.4 million in federal grants for vital infrastructure improvements

Islip’s Long Island MacArthur Airport can now move forward with plans to reconstruct its aged Western Terminal Aircraft Parking area, thanks to $5.4 million in federal grants, the town announced today. The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, comes out of the FAA Airport Improvement Program’s redevelopment funding, which is derived from airport

Grant will help New Hampshire airport improve taxiway

Keene is working toward its goal of repairing and reconstructing a major taxiway at the city’s Dillant-Hopkins Airport in North Swanzey. A recent $358,378 grant from the Bureau of Aeronautics will fund the design and permitting for an extension to taxiway A, which serves the airport’s primary runway.

As terminal construction continues, Lafayette Regional Airport sees record traffic in 2019

As construction continues on Lafayette Regional Airport’s new $90-million, 120,000 square-foot terminal, the airport has seen record numbers of travelers over the course of 2019. The new terminal, which will replace the current one, has been under construction for about a year. The overall cost — including ancillary projects — is around $145 million.

5 Georgia airports to share $12.6M for improvements

Five Georgia airports have been chosen to share $12.6 million in federal grants for safety and infrastructure upgrades. The Airport Improvement Grants announced for Georgia include $3.53 million for modifications to the airport terminal in Columbus. The rest will go to smaller airports in the state. The airport in Cartersville is being awarded $2.73 million

$10.5M for Improvements at Two Indiana Airports

The Department of Transportation has awarded $10.5 million in airport infrastructure grants to two airports in the state of Indiana. Indianapolis International Airport will receive $4.2 million to rehabilitate a runway. Warsaw Municipal Airport will receive $6.3 million to extend a runway.

UPS plans major cargo expansion at Anchorage airport

Package delivery giant UPS this week confirmed it is planning a potential $110 million expansion at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, the latest in a surge of proposals for new warehouse and cargo space at the airport. The UPS plan is one of five new projects announced in recent months by the airport, some of

Taxiway improvements at Massachusetts airport with $2.5 million grant

A $2.5 million federal grant will enable the Plymouth Municipal Airport to relocate a taxiway that is too close to its north-south runway. The money will allow the airport to relocate its Sierra taxiway, which takes aircraft to and from the southern end of the airfield. The work will move the three-quarter-mile taxiway about 50

Montana airport receives federal grant

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced that it will award $650,000 in an airport infrastructure grant to the Town of Stevensville for an apron replacement project at the Stevensville Airport. The grant comes after a $910,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration was awarded in September.