A total of $2.89 billion is available to airports for things like runways, taxiways, and safety and sustainability projects. Credit: Adobe Stock
Key Takeaways:
The bipartisan infrastructure law is providing $2.89 billion to 3,075 U.S. airports for projects including runways, taxiways, safety, sustainability, and terminal improvements.
This funding is part of the new Airport Infrastructure Grant program, which will allocate $15 billion over five years to modernize airport infrastructure and address a significant project backlog.
Airports are invited to submit proposals to the FAA for these improvements, with a focus on connecting communities, creating jobs, and engaging minority businesses.
The bipartisan infrastructure law is giving some 3,075 airports around the U.S. an early Christmas.
The law makes available some $2.89 billion available to airports for projects such as runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit connections and roadway projects.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
