WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a seventh round of Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) totaling $289 million to 129 airports across 40 states, aimed at improving the safety and efficiency of air travel. These projects are funded under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s AIG program, part of the $25 billion allocated for airport improvements such as terminal expansions, baggage system upgrades, runway safety enhancements, and air traffic infrastructure improvements.
“Americans are flying in record numbers, and the Biden-Harris Administration continues to invest in our airports to make travel safer and more convenient for the people who pass through these airports each day,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “This latest round of funding will support key improvements to terminals, runways, and baggage systems and build on the work this Administration is doing to modernize our aviation infrastructure.”
In June, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened a record-breaking 2.99 million passengers in a single day at airports. TSA expects to screen more than 32 million individuals this Independence Day holiday travel season, which is a 5.4% increase over last year’s travel volumes.
Some of the airports receiving new funding from the Biden-Harris Administration include:
- $66.7 million to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona: This grant funds site demolition and preparation for a new 2,100-foot taxiway to accommodate more flights.
- $22.2 million to Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania: This grant funds the rehabilitation of a taxiway and engineered safety enhancements to a runway.
- $30.1 million to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia: This grant funding will reconstruct a runway.
- $8.2 million to Hollywood Burbank Airport in California: This grant funds the third phase of construction for a new terminal building.
- $8.8 million to Bradley International Airport in Connecticut: This grant funds the rehabilitation of Runway 6/24.
- $2.2 million to Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport in Wyoming: This grant funds construction of a new taxilane off Taxiway A.
- $17.2 million to Palm Beach International Airport in Florida: This grant funds rehabilitation of existing Runway 14/32 shoulders and reconstruction of pavement for Taxiways F and H.
- $26.6 million to Indianapolis International Airport in Indiana: This grant funds reconstruction of Runway 5/23.
- $1.3 million to Knox County Regional Airport in Maine: This grant funds reconstruction of taxilanes and the southwest general aviation apron.
In addition to today’s AIG announcement, the FAA has opened the application period for airports to submit projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 under the Airport Terminal Program (ATP), also funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The FY 2025 ATP provides approximately $1 billion for safe, sustainable, and accessible airport terminals, airport-owned air traffic control towers, and on-airport rail and bus projects that improve multimodal connections.
“We’re seeing where our investments are making a real difference for communities across the nation,” said FAA Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta R. Griffin, P.E. “I encourage airports to take advantage of this opportunity.”
Since 2022, over 300 projects have received ATP grants aimed at improving passenger experience and modernizing America’s airports:
- $14.4 million to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona
- $24 million to San Diego International Airport in California
- $1.8 million to Corpus Christi International Airport in Texas
- $5 million to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in Tennessee
- $219,988 Henderson City-County Airport in Kentucky
- $11 million Missoula Airport Montana
In February 2024, Secretary Buttigieg announced project selections for FY 2024 ATP totaling approximately $1 billion.
Airports are encouraged to submit eligible project applications for FY 2025 ATP no later than July 31, 2024.
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law makes historic investments by rebuilding America’s roads and bridges; upgrading public transit; modernizing ports; mobilizing private sector manufacturing; clean energy investments.
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