Tucson Airport Gets Funding for Ongoing Infrastructure Work

The expanding Tucson International Airport is expected to see a series of infrastructure upgrades and improvements, largely supported through new funding from the Federal Aviation Administration.

Those upgrades are needed in order for the airport to meet current FAA safety standards.

Located at 7250 S. Tucson Boulevard, the airport is receiving an $18.5 million grant for an ongoing, multi-phase and facility-wide modernization effort.

The work is part of the airport’s larger Airfield Safety Enhancement project, an ongoing $218 million effort that also includes the installation of new aircraft guidance systems.

That funding is expected to pay as well for security upgrades, the expansion of several taxiways, and construction of a second full-length runway.

That runway, according to airport officials, is expected to support an increase in commercial flights out of Tucson.

The new work is said to be the largest of its kind in the history of the Tucson fcility, which was opened as a commercial airport in 1948.

A long-range effort – construction on all of the airport projects – is targeted for completion by early 2025.

​By Garry Boulard

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