WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $495 million in airport infrastructure grants, the second allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States.

“This significant investment in airport improvements in Oklahoma will fund construction and rehabilitation projects that will help maintain high levels of safety in U.S. aviation,” said U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao.

The grants include:

• Ardmore Downtown–$150,000 to rehabilitate runway, install lighting
• Bristow/Jones Memorial–$218,520 for taxiway reconstruction
• Cushing Memorial–$48,600 for taxiway rehabilitation
• Eufaula Municipal - $336,780 to build fuel farm
• Fairview Municipal–$299,700 to rehabilitate runway lighting
• Guthrie-Edmond Regional–$56,000 for apron rehabilitation
• Madill Municipal–$360,000 to build taxiway
• Various–$301,563 for runway rehabilitation and widening, taxiway construction
• Okmulgee Regional - $150,000 for runway rehabilitation
• Sand Springs/Pogue–$27,000 for drainage improvements
• Skiatook Municipal–$247,500 to install runway lighting

A total of 358 grants in 46 states and the Pacific Islands will fund infrastructure projects at 381 airports around the country. Selected projects include runway reconstruction and rehabilitation, construction of firefighting facilities, and the maintenance of taxiways, aprons, and terminals. The construction and equipment supported by this funding increases the airports’ safety, emergency response capabilities, and capacity, and could support further economic growth and development within each airport’s region.

Airport infrastructure in the United States, with 3,332 airports and 5,000 paved runways, supports our economic competitiveness and improves quality of life.  According to the FAA’s most recent economic analysis, U.S. civil aviation accounts for $1.6 trillion in total economic activity and supports nearly 11 million jobs. Under Secretary Chao’s leadership, the Department is delivering AIP investments for the American people, who depend on reliable infrastructure. 

Airports can receive a certain amount of AIP entitlement funding each year based on activity levels and project needs. If their capital project needs exceed their available entitlement funds, the FAA can supplement their entitlements with discretionary funding.

Click on the link below for a complete listing of grants: https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/grantapportion_data/