Federal Aviation Authority
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $66.2 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to airports in 23 states and Puerto Rico. The 66 projects are funded exclusively by non-discretionary grant funds under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program. In total the infrastructure law invests $25 billion over five years in U.S. airports to modernize terminals, increase safety, expand capacity, replace equipment, and more.
Approximately $3.2 million will be used to rehabilitate airport terminals, including:
- $133,770 at Yakima Air Terminal/McAllister Field in Washington
- $1,797,035 at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Amarillo, Texas
- $1,278,900 at Great Falls International Airport in Montana
Approximately $1 million will be used to purchase snow removal equipment, including:
- $924,790 at Lewiston/Nez Perce County in Idaho
- $145,497 at Myers Field in Canby, Minnesota
Approximately $1.8 million will be used to rehabilitate towers, including:
- $1,610,100 at Rafael Hernandez in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- $190,294 at Joplin Regional in Missouri
$890,535 will be used to improve airfield drainage:
- $890,535 at Minot International Airport in North Dakota
$69,866 will be used to purchase aircraft fire and rescue equipment, including:
- $30,000 at Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Kansas
- $39,866 at McNary Field in Salem, Oregon
