The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded more than $608 million during the first round of 2022 Airport Improvement Program grants to 441 airports in 46 states, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
General aviation airports received more than half of the grants. Grants were awarded in three categories: enhancing safety at airports; general aviation and community-serving airports; and equity and environmental sustainability.
“In communities of all sizes, airports are vital to regional economies, sustaining jobs and getting people and goods where they need to go,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. “These Airport Improvement Program grants will help make airports better, safer, and more accessible, so they can better serve people in every community for decades to come.”
Grants recipients include:
Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa was awarded $18.8 million to rehabilitate a runway.
The Gallatin County Airport in Sparta, Ky., was awarded $4.15 million to construct a taxiway, install an airfield lighting vault, an airport rotating beacon, and airfield lighting.
The Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, La., was awarded $3.5 million to purchase 15 homes and relocate 40 residents adversely impacted by aircraft noise.
The funding is in addition to the $20 billion the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.