Airports & Aviation

Airports & Aviation

FAA Grants Include $10.9 Million for Runway-Vehicle Transmitters at 61 Airports

A $1.1 billion FAA grant round includes $10.9 million to equip 3,000 airport vehicles at 61 airports with movement-area transmitters.

Airports & Aviation

FAA Grants McKinney National Airport Certificate for Commercial Service

McKinney National Airport has received an FAA commercial operating certificate, clearing an important regulatory step toward commercial passenger service. The September 24 announcement identifies it as the first Texas airport to receive this type of certificate since 2005.

Airports & Aviation

FAA Opens FY 2027 Contract Tower Infrastructure Grant Competition

FAA has opened a new competitive funding round for eligible contract-tower projects, extending the federal pipeline for airport safety infrastructure.

Airports & Aviation

FAA Awards $100 Million for Atlanta Airport Runway, Taxiway and Terminal Work

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport received the largest highlighted award in a $481 million federal airport-infrastructure round.

Airports & Aviation

FAA directs $84.4 million to four airport capital programs

New AIP grants fund drainage, terminal, taxiway and apron work in Texas, North Carolina and Wyoming.

Airports & Aviation

Newark Terminal A receives $110 million for two expansion tracks

The authorization funds a southern extension and planning for a separate six-gate northern expansion.

Airports & Aviation

Modern Skies proposal puts terminals and air-traffic technology in the same funding package

The September 28 proposal would add roughly $30 billion across air-traffic control and airport programs. It remains proposed funding.

Airports & Aviation

North Carolina’s electric-aircraft trials turn toward routes and rural access

September demonstration flights are part of a pilot program linking aviation testing with potential hospital connections and disaster response.