Federal Aviation Administration Announces Funding for Southwest Airport Projects

More than $50.5 million in federal funding has been approved for seven airport upgrade projects in Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.

The funding is part of a significantly larger $766 million in grants just approved by the Federal Aviation Administration through the agency’s Airport Improvement Program.

Altogether, the FAA is providing new funding for projects at nearly 300 airports in 44 states.

The grants, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a statement, “will improve safety, sustainability, and accessibility at airports across our country.”

The Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona is receiving just under $12 million for the construction of a long-planned tower, which will be some 65 feet taller than the facility’s existing tower, built in 1970.

In Colorado, the always-busy Denver International Airport is in line to receive $10.9 million for the construction of a new taxiway; while the Montrose Regional Airport is getting $11.9 million for the ongoing expansion and general upgrading of its current terminal building.

The Montrose airport’s terminal expansion has been in the planning stages for roughly a decade and is partly based on studies commissioned by the airport forecasting a significant rise in peak-hour passenger traffic.

In New Mexico, the Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington is receiving just over $8 million for the rehabilitation of an existing runway; while the Gallup Municipal Airport has been awarded $5.2 million to reconstruct a taxiway.

Just over $114,000 is going to the Taos Regional Airport for the reconstruction of a runway; with the Tucumcari Municipal Airport getting $521,000 in funding for a runway rehabilitation project.

​By Garry Boulard

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