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FAA Announces $636 Million in Grants to Improve Airport Infrastructure

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This fourth round of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants fund a variety of projects such planning, airport safety improvements, airport development, and airport noise compatibility grants.

Examples of airports receiving grants include: 

  • $24.2 million at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York: The grant funds a runway rehabilitation to improve airfield safety.  
  • $16.3 million at Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania: This grant funds a runway rehabilitation to improve safety.  
  • $15.7 million at Detroit Willow Run Airport in Michigan: This grant funds taxiway construction.     
  • $15 million at Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole, Hawaii: The grant funds a runway rehabilitation.  
  • $14.8 million at Pioneer Field in Valdez, Alaska: The grant funds the expansion of a snow removal equipment building. 
  • $14.5 million at Muhammad Ali International in Louisville, Kentucky: This grant funds the reconstruction of taxiways. 
  • $9.2 million at Rhode Island T.F. Green International in Warwick: This grant funds the construction of aircraft parking.
  • $4.2 million at San Diego International in California: This grant funds the reconstruction of taxiways.
  • $755,000 at Fitiuta Airport in American Samoa: This grant funds the reconstruction of runway lights.     

The Airport Improvement Program receives approximately $3.3 billion in funding each year.