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Oklahoma Airport Awarded $765,000 Grant For Upgrades

The Shawnee Regional Airport has been selected to receive special grant funds totally $765,000 dedicated to critical infrastructure improvements through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. The project will include repairs and resurfacing of the runway and taxiway pavements, and repairs to storm system infrastructure.
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Dayton airport awarded $4.3M grant for safety, infrastructure improvements

The Dayton International Airport has been awarded a multi-million-dollar grant from the federal government. The Federal Aviation Administration granted $4.3 million to the local airport as part of its Airport Improvement Plan Supplement Grant program. Funding from the grant will be used for safety and infrastructure improvements. The grant comes as the Dayton airport wraps
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Oil Boom Leads to New Airport in Williston Basin

Booming. Surging. Growing. Like oil production in the Bakken formation, that’s what is happening to communities in the northwest corner of North Dakota. In fact, a brand new $275 million airport, Williston Basin International (XWA), opened in October to keep up with the unprecedented economic expansion.  The city’s new airport, XWA, replaces its previous airport,
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$20 million of construction planned at Willard Airport

More than $20 million in construction is planned at Willard Airport in Central Illinois during the next two years. The News-Gazette reports that the work includes reconstruction of a runway, an added taxiway and a redone entrance road to the University of Illinois-owned airport in Savoy.
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Punta Gorda Airport to see big changes with $6 million in grants

The Federal Aviation Administration will allocate $6 million in grants to improve the Punta Gorda Airport with more flights and a new tarmac. The new tarmac will be built for general aviation planes. It will move the parking of private and charter planes to the north end of the airport. It makes room for more
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Texas airport installs new jet bridge

Valley International Airport has installed a new jet bridge just in time for the holidays. This new jet bridge and the replacement jet bridge are all part of the continuing airport renovation program. Funding for these two new jet bridges comes from the airport passenger facility charges collected on the passengers tickets.
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Federal grant awarded for Montana airport project

The U.S Department of Transportation has awarded a $650,000 airport infrastructure grant for an apron replacement project at the Stevensville Municipal Airport. The apron replacement is part of a larger project at Stevensville’s airport which will not only update the aging pavement on the apron, but will rehabilitate taxi lanes that lead to the runway
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