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Arkansas airports receive $42.5 million in FAA funding for projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $42.5 million to community and regional airports in Arkansas to fund upgrades to taxiways, terminals and other airfield infrastructure improvements across the state, many of which are already underway. In Arkansas, 52 grants were awarded rural and community airports in every region of the state.
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Inside Pittsburgh Airport’s $1.1 Billion New Terminal Project

Allegheny County Airport Authority officials are forging ahead with plans to build a new $1.1 billion terminal that will connect to the existing airside terminal. Construction is expected to begin on the 635,000-square foot building next year and it’s expected to open in 2023. It will include all of the operations currently housed in the
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Fayetteville airport gets $7.5M grant for terminal renovation

A new $7.5 million grant will help the Fayetteville Regional Airport with its ongoing renovation and expansion, officials said. The money will help pay for $26 million in planned improvements to the main terminal building, said Bradley Whited, the airport director. The building is to be extended 8 feet, have extensive interior remodeling, get new
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Duluth Airport Runway Construction Complete

It’s been over three years and 40 million dollars, but the Duluth International Airports runway project is finally complete. “We’re talking an impact, an economic impact of 1.3 billion dollars and six–thousand jobs. That is why this runway is so important,” Duluth Mayor Emily Larson says.
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5 Arizona airports get $43M infrastructure grants from federal government

Five airports across Arizona, including Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, have received $43.3 in grants from the federal government to upgrade and add infrastructure to their facilities. Sky Harbor, the region’s primary airport, received two grants totaling $21,917,300. The first grant for $21.34 million is to reconstruction the airport’s apron, the area where planes park,
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Grant nets Juneau airport over $25M for maintenance, repairs

Juneau International Airport on Friday received the last $6.4 million of a total $25.4 million federal grant for taxiway maintenance and for an emergency generator to supplement the airport’s emergency lighting system. “It impacts everybody, including our helicopter operators,” JIA manager Patty Wahto said. The grant is part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program, which
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Michigan airports getting $39.6M in infrastructure grants

The Federal Aviation Administration says Michigan airports are getting $39.6 million in airport improvement grants. The grants include $12.4 million to Detroit Metropolitan Airport for taxiway reconstruction; more than $403,000 to Willow Run Airport for snow removal equipment; and more than $862,000 to Delta County Airport for taxiway rehabilitation, lighting, an emergency generator, and a
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Ohio airport secures $5 million grant for new taxiway

Planes flying into the Wayne County Airport next year should expect a much smoother ride after they land. The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the county airport more than $5 million in grant funding under the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program…The grant money will go toward designing and constructing a full-length parallel taxiway
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