The FAA will award $245.9 million in 2024 Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. That includes 153 grants in 37 states to modernize airport infrastructure, improve runway safety, and create jobs.
Over the last decade, funding inconsistencies have delayed the ability to modernize technology and infrastructure that support the National Airspace System, FAA officials noted.
Several of the grants will help reduce the risk of runway incursions, according to agency officials. Projects will reconfigure taxiways that may cause confusion, install new lighting systems, and provide more flexibility on the airfield.
Among those include:
- $2.2 million to Willow Run Airport in Van Buren Township, Michigan, to construct an 8,617-foot parallel taxiway to eliminate the need for aircraft to back-taxi on the runway.
- $2 million to Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, to rehabilitate an existing on-airport road to provide a path for aircraft rescue firefighting trucks, airport vehicles, or ground service equipment to operate without entering movement areas.
- $1.1 million to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International in Alabama to improve the Runway 6/24 safety area to enhance the safety of operations at the airport.
- $1.7 million to San Bernardino International Airport in California to improve an existing on-airport road, to provide a path for aircraft rescue firefighting trucks, airport vehicles, or ground service equipment to operate without entering movement areas.
- $379,620 to Barkley Regional Airport in Paducah, Kentucky, to expand an existing on-airport road an additional 6,100 feet to provide a path for aircraft rescue firefighting trucks, airport vehicles, or ground service equipment to operate without entering movement areas.
- $254,880 to Mansfield Municipal Airport in Massachusetts, to acquire two easements for obstruction removal in the Runway 32 approach path.
- $531,000 to Westfield-Barnes Regional in Massachusetts, to remove airport tree obstructions from the Runway 15 approach path.
- $38,151 to Knox County Regional in Rockland, Maine, to conduct an environmental assessment of the proposed easement acquisition and obstruction removal within the Runway 31 approach surface. This project removes an airport vegetation obstruction from the Runway 13/31 approach and departure paths.
Approximately $1.7 million will be used to build or improve fuel farms, including:
- $448,000 at Boone Municipal Airport in Boone, Iowa
- $400,000 at Oskaloosa Municipal in Oskaloosa, Iowa
- $336,000 at Nebraska City Municipal in Nebraska City, Nebraska
- $330,000 at Denison Municipal in Denison, Iowa
- $223,000 at Kanab Municipal in Kanab, Utah
Wonder if your airport is getting a grant? A full list of all grants being awarded is available on the FAA website.