(The Heart Sq.) — Three airports in North Carolina will obtain $20.37 million in federal funds for varied enhancements.
The funds signify the second a part of the 2022 Airport Enchancment Program, a $518 million nationwide program for airport infrastructure tasks, with 416 grants issued.
The most important grant is for the Charlotte/Douglas Worldwide Airport, the place $14.9 million will go to assemble a brand new taxiway. Charlotte was ranked the sixth busiest airport on the planet in 2021 by the Airports Council Worldwide with 43 million passengers, up 59.2% from 2020.
Harmony/Padgett Regional Airport will obtain $3.7 million to widen its runway, broaden the apron and set up new runway lighting. In accordance with information from the Federal Aviation Administration, the airport had 139,173 passengers in 2021, up 60.2% from 86,856 in 2020.
Fayetteville Regional Airport will obtain $1.7 million to broaden its terminal constructing, which is required because the airport’s passenger site visitors grew by 60.78% from 2020 to 2021. Fayetteville served 188,451 passengers in 2021, a lot improved from the 117,213 that flew from the airport in 2020.
North Carolina’s grant whole of $20.3 million is tops regionally, outpacing South Carolina ($18.9 million), Virginia ($3.5 million) and Tennessee ($475,000).
“We’re investing $518 million in airports throughout America so communities huge and small can proceed to securely and effectively join with the remainder of the world,” FAA Affiliate Administrator for Airports Shannetta Griffin mentioned in an announcement.
The FAA has awarded $1.1 billion of the $3.2 billion accessible for the AIP program in fiscal 2022.
North Carolina obtained $1.3 million within the first a part of the AIP. It was given to the Raleigh-Durham Worldwide Airport for an environmental examine.