Maine airport receives $7M to improve infrastructure and winter runway

The Presque Isle International Airport will receive more than $7 million between two separate grants this year to improve infrastructure and the runway in winter through the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program. In recent years, the airport has received substantial funding from the FAA to help improve operations.

FAA will provide $2.8 million for runway extension at Auburn Municipal Airport

The Auburn Municipal Airport is about to receive $2,858,343 from the Federal Aviation Administration for its long-in-the-planning runway extension project. The total award is composed of a $2.7 million grant from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program for which the city applied Aug. 6, plus $150,000 from AIP’s mandatory funding commitments, which the airport receives every

Minnesota airport gets grant offer for airport improvements

The Federal Aviation Administration is awarding $986 million to airports across the United States to go toward airport infrastructure and the Mankato Regional Airport is one of them. The grant offer of more than $330,000 for design services includes improvements to taxiways, maintaining pavement and holding bays, which are built for smaller airplanes to pull

Virginia Highlands Airport receives $4.1 million grant for runway project

Virginia Highlands Airport in Abingdon is well on its way to extending a runway thanks to another multimillion-dollar federal grant. The airport will receive an additional $4.15 million for the extension of runway six. Other Virginia airports receiving funds include Washington Dulles International, Richmond International and Shenandoah Valley Regional.

Texas airport terminal construction reaches milestone

Thursday marked a big milestone for construction of a new passenger terminal for the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, which celebrated installation of the final steel beam in a traditional “topping out” ceremony. The $43.8 million, 91,000-square-foot terminal project broke ground in late 2016 and is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of

California airport gets $5.1 million for runways

The Hollister Municipal Airport was awarded a federal grant totaling $5.1 million for taxiway construction. The Monterey Peninsula Airport was awarded a federal grant totaling $5.1 million for runway safety improvements. This grant funds safety improvements as part of Federal Aviation Administration’s program to address ways to minimize potential runway incursions.

Fulton County Airport construction complete

The Fulton County Airport has been a busy construction site this year, and the small aviation facility is also due to gain a new sign by year’s end. Rifenburg Construction of Albany has been doing work at the airport with a $922,372 runway project. Fulton County’s share for projects at the Fulton County Airport is