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(Washington, D.C.) Senators Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln and Congressmen
Marion Berry, John Boozman and Mike Ross today announced $1.5 million in
federal funding to help small, local service airports in Arkansas upgrade
their facilities.
The Delegation members said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
grants are intended to assist in the construction and rehabilitation of
runways, taxiways, and aircraft parking aprons for area airports.
Some of the funding will also assist in airport development planning.
The airports that will receive funding were identified by the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) for their significance
to national air transportation, which made them eligible to receive Federal
grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The AIP is intended
to bring these airports up to current design standards and add capacity
to congested airports.
The following Arkansas airports are recipients of AIP grants:
1st District
Thompson-Robbins Airport, Helena/West Helena, AR
$690,000
3rd District
Bentonville Municipal Airport, Bentonville, AR
$665,691
4th District
H.L. Hopkins-Fordyce Municipal Airport, Fordyce, AR
$70,000
Waldron Municipal Airport, Waldron, AR
$81,000
The Airport Improvement Program was established by the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982. Funds obligated for the AIP are drawn from
the Airport and Airway Trust fund which is supported by user fees, fuel
taxes and other similar revenue sources. |
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