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Ottumwa Airport Nearing End to Runway Construction

All summer long, the runway at Ottumwa Regional Airport has been undergoing construction. Now, the $6.5 million project appears to be nearing an end. “We’ll be able to land larger corporate jets; and what’s great about the project is that the FAA paid for about 90% of the project, the other ten is city. So,
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FAA grants will improve airports across Minnesota

Fourteen greater Minnesota airports are receiving just over $26 million dollars in federal funding for improvements. “Of the 133 public airports in the state about 70-percent of them receive federal funding. 100 percent of those 133 receive funding from the state. So all of these federal projects also had state participation,” said Cassandra Isackson, MnDOT’s
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Colorado Springs $1.2M terminal remodel on track to open next spring

There’s a silver lining to the fire that damaged all three floors at the Colorado Springs Airport in April 2018, Aviation Director Greg Phillips said Monday, and it’s shining through now. For pennies on the dollar, Phillips said, the airport will be redone. Work on a third phase of construction began late last month and
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Marion Airport runway expansion underway

The Marion Airport in Iowa is getting a $1.7 million upgrade to widen the runway from 23 feet to 60 feet to meet the standards of a basic service airport by the Department of Transportation. The city received a grant from the Iowa Department of Transportation for $424,000. The rest of the cost will be
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Falls Int’l Builds New Terminal to Welcome International Passengers

After 10 years in the making, the city of International Falls, MN, recently debuted a fully rebuilt $15 million airport terminal to greet passengers travelling through the small community on the U.S./Canada border. Falls International Airport (INL) now includes a new U.S. Customs and Border Patrol area, TSA screening lane, National Weather Service office and
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Vicksburg Municipal Airport planning large airport expansion

City officials are expected to begin negotiations with a Nashville, Tenn.-based engineering firm to prepare plans for improving the Vicksburg Municipal Airport, including a runway expansion to about 6,500 feet. The airport expansion is expected to be part of a multimodal system centered around a proposed new port for Vicksburg or the possible expansion of
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Federal funds to Sarasota-Bradenton airport increased to $9.1M

Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport is getting $9.1 million in funding this year from the Federal Aviation Administration. The federal agency announced in June that the airport would receive $8.7 million in Airport Improvement Program funding, but according to FAA documents, that total has been upped to $9.1 million.
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