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FAA announces $636 million for airport improvements nationwide

August 12, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration’s latest round of grants for airport improvements totals $636 million.

The awards mark the fourth round of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants since the program’s inception and fund projects that include airport safety improvements, airport development and airport noise compatibility grants.

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

The amount the FAA announced this week covers 320 projects in 46 states and American Samoa.

Airports receiving grants include:

  • $24.2 million at Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, for a runway rehabilitation to improve airfield safety. 
  • $16.3 million at Philadelphia International Airport for a runway rehabilitation to improve safety. 
  • $15.7 million at Detroit Willow Run Airport for taxiway construction.    
  • $15 million at Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole, Hawaii, for a runway rehabilitation. 
  • $14.8 million at Pioneer Field in Valdez, Alaska, for the expansion of a snow removal equipment building.
  • $14.5 million at Muhammad Ali International in Louisville to reconstruct taxiways.
  • $9.2 million at Rhode Island T.F. Green International in Warwick for aircraft parking.
  • $4.2 million at San Diego International to rebuild taxiways.

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Miles Smith

Miles Smith has more than two decades of communications experience in the public and private sectors, including several years of covering local governments for various daily and weekly print publications. His scope of work includes handling public relations for large private-sector corporations and managing public-facing communications for local governments.

Smith has recently joined the team as a content writer for SPI’s news publications, which include Texas Government Insider, Government Contracting Pipeline and its newest digital product, Government Market News, which launched in September 2023. He graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s in journalism.

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