After 18 Mississippi airports received more than $8 million in funding to upgrade their facilities earlier this week, a new batch of just under $5.4 million is going out to 17 other airports, bringing the total to more than $13 million in grants.
The Airport Grant funding, awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration, will go towards the improvement of hangars, perimeter fencing and gates, fuel facilities, and runway lighting at the airports.
“It’s not a bad day when I can say Mississippi has received $13 million in a week to upgrade airports,” U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., said. “Every dollar will better position our state.”
The grants will support the following projects:
- Golden Triangle Regional Airport ($1,621,119) – To reseal 11,718 square yards of the existing north general aviation apron pavement, construct new airfield drainage ditches to mitigate erosion, install 16 gates to enhance safety, and reseal existing runway and taxiway pavement.
- Greenville Mid-Delta Airport ($479,039) – To update the existing airport master plan study.
- Columbus-Lowndes County Airport ($448,000) – To construct a new 9,600 square foot sponsor-owned hangar for aircraft storage.
- Stennis International Airport ($426,959) – To acquire 1.9 acres of land for future eligible aeronautical development.
- Grenada Municipal Airport ($395,370) – To construct a new fuel facility by adding a single self-service pump and concrete apron.
- Fletcher Field Airport ($357,600) – To rehabilitate 5,404 feet of the existing runway to maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.
- New Albany/Union County Airport ($330,000) – To install 5,165 feet of perimeter fencing and gates.
- Cleveland Municipal Airport ($294,000) – To construct a new 12,000-square-foot sponsor-owned hangar for aircraft storage/maintenance.
- Panola County Airport ($290,505) – To reconstruct the existing runway lighting system.
- Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport ($179,730) – To improve runway safety areas.
- Louisville/Winston County Airport ($145,000) – To expand the existing apron by adding 6,900 square yards.
- James H Easom Field Airport ($107,042) – To construct a new 8,156 square foot nested T-hangar for aircraft storage, maintenance, or service.
- McComb/Pike County/John E Lewis Field ($104,000) – To rehabilitate the existing runway pavement markings.
- Magee Municipal Airport ($80,100) – To install 450 feet of perimeter fencing and gate.
- Monroe County Airport ($51,875) – To install 1,100 feet of perimeter fencing.
- Philadelphia Municipal Airport ($41,790) – To update the existing airport master plan study.
- Macon Municipal Airport ($40,245) – To construct a new 5,700-square-foot T-hangar building for aircraft storage, maintenance, or service.
