ALABAMA – Over a dozen Alabama airports will be receiving a portion of a more than $12 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) announced the grants on Wednesday.
The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation for airport improvements to support infrastructure construction, safety advances, and equipment and land acquisition.
“This $12.28 million in FAA grant funding will improve airports – both large and small – throughout Alabama, paving the way for growth and increased investment in rural areas,” said Senator Shelby. “Airport infrastructure impacts overall economic success, and as a result of this funding, twelve of Alabama’s airports will receive the upgrades and advances needed to continue serving communities and driving development.”
A total of 13 grants were awarded to local airports in Alabama, amounting to $12,281,867 for the following airport projects:
- Albertville Regional Airport-Thomas J Brumlik Field, Albertville, Alabama – $585,965 to reconstruct a taxilane and taxiway
- Brewton Municipal Airport, Brewton, Alabama – $283,520 to seal apron pavement surface and pavement joints and to seal taxiway pavement surface and pavement joints
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field, Cullman, Alabama – $180,000 to install weather reporting equipment
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field, Cullman, Alabama – $4,000,000 to reconstruct a runway and runway lighting
- Jeremiah Denton Airport, Dauphin Island, Alabama – $115,555 to rehabilitate a runway
- Foley Municipal Airport, Foley, Alabama – $472,222 to seal runway pavement surface and pavement joints and to seal taxiway pavement surface and pavement joints
- Isbell Field Airport, Fort Payne, Alabama – $902,388 to rehabilitate an apron
- Geneva Municipal Airport, Geneva, Alabama – $264,935 to seal apron pavement surface and pavement joints and update the airport master plan
- MacCrenshaw Memorial Airport, Greenville, Alabama – $388,888 to shift or reconfigure existing taxiway
- Jack Edwards National Airport, Gulf Shores, Alabama – $166,666 to seal apron pavement surface and pavement joints and to seal taxiway pavement surface and pavement joints
- Posey Field Airport, Haleyville, Alabama – $187,004 to install perimeter fencing
- Huntsville International Airport-Carl T Jones Field, Huntsville, Alabama – $4,568,058 to rehabilitate an access road, taxiway, and terminal building; to seal taxiway pavement surface and pavement joints; and to conduct or update a study
- Franklin Field Airport, Union Springs, Alabama – $166,666 to acquire land for development
