The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today (Feb. 28) close to $1 billion in grants to support aviation infrastructure nationwide. While the bulk of the spending will go to airline airports and large-airport air traffic control facilities, general aviation and smaller airports are also called out as beneficiaries of the funding. The program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides for $1 billion per year for the next five years. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law earmarks $25 billion toward rebuilding the U.S. airports and air traffic control facilities.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said, “Americans deserve the best airports in the world, and with demand for air travel surging back, this funding to improve the passenger experience couldn’t come at a more urgent time.” Deputy FAA Administrator A. Bradley Mims added, “Today’s funding doesn’t just improve airport terminals. It creates opportunities in communities large and small for good-paying jobs and a chance to be part of our country’s thriving aviation sector.”
“Many grants contain an element that will go to improving airport access in smaller communities,” according to the DOT press statement. Grants dedicated to improving aviation access to smaller communities include: $1.7 million to Clinton Regional Airport in Clinton, Missouri, to relocate the terminal building and reconfigure the road that provides access to the airport entrance; $950,000 to Ashley Municipal Airport in Ashley, North Dakota, for a new general aviation terminal building with a waiting area, flight-planning rooms and restrooms for passengers and flight crews; and $6 million to Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to rehabilitate the existing 1942-vintage hangar that serves as the commercial terminal building—as well as adding a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility to serve international operations.
” $1 billion per year for the next five years, a total of $25 billion”
New math?
As taught in the DC school district
1 billion per year for 5 years in the program for small airports. The other 20 billion falls into “…the bulk of the spending will go to airline airports and large-airport air traffic control facilities…”
This is a bit confusing, but here is the wording directly from the FAA: “Today’s funding is from the Airport Terminal Program, one of three aviation programs created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The law provides $1 billion annually for five years for Airport Terminal Program grants. In total, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided a historic $25 billion to modernize our country’s airport infrastructure. Learn more at http://www.faa.gov/bil.”
Do you have a link Mark to the list of recipients?
There’s an interactive map at https://www.faa.gov/bil/airport-terminals
I think instead of using the term “beneficiaries”, they should use something like crumb sweepers, or morsel mongers.
FY2023 Airport Terminal Program Final Selections
faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2023-02/FY2023_ATP_Approved_Selections02272023.pdf
Hmm!
Good to see they are fixing up Puerto Rico’s infrastructure. Those folks need some good breaks.
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