FAA awards Indiana airports infrastructure grants

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The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded nine Indiana airports approximately $7.5 million in grants from the Airport Improvement Program. The FAA says more than $850 million in grants were awarded nationwide.

The annual funding program is intended for infrastructure projects, such as runways and taxiways, airport lighting and markings and signage.

Recipients include:

• Clark Regional: $150,000 for a wildlife hazard assessment management plan
• Delphi Municipal: $150,000) to construct a fuel facility
• Evansville Regional: $2 million to improve an access road
• Franklin-Clinton Co. Regional: $150,000 for hangar improvements
• French Lick Municipal: $526,000 to expand the apron
• Indianapolis Executive Airport: $4.8 million to extend the runway
• Putnam County Regional: $252,000 to construct a taxi lane
• Terre Haute Regional: $150,000 to construct a taxi lane
• Wabash Municipal: $27,000 for wildlife hazard assessment management plan

The agency says airports are entitled to a certain amount of AIP funding each year, based on passenger volume. If their capital projects exceed their available funds, then the FAA can supplement their entitlements with discretionary funding.