FAA awards over $12M in grants to Alabama airports

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) on Wednesday announced that 12 local airports across Alabama will benefit from more than $12.28 million in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants.

The funding was awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation for various airport improvements to support infrastructure construction, safety advances, and equipment and land acquisition.

Each of the FAA grants are administered through the Fiscal Year 2021 Airport Improvement Program, which was funded in the annual appropriations package that was signed into law in December. Shelby was chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at the time.

“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 Shelby in a statement.

“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,” he added.

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