FAA To Hand Out Nearly $250 Million in AIP Grants in 2024

FAA To Hand Out Nearly $250M in AIP Grants in 2024

Package includes 153 grants for airports in 37 U.S. states

Detroit area Willow Run Airport (KYIP) — Detroit-area Willow Run Airport will receive a $2.2 million FAA airport improvement grant this year to construct a nearly 9,000-foot taxiway. It is part of a slate of 153 grants worth over $245 million that the FAA will dole out this year to airports across the U.S. © Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

February 5, 2024

The FAA will award nearly $260 million in airport improvement grants this year under the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, consisting of 153 grants spread over 37 states. This includes a variety of improvements aimed at reducing the risk of runway incursions such as taxiway reconfigurations, enlarged runway safety areas, and improved lighting.

Among the projects funded are $2.2 million to Michigan’s Willow Run Airport (KYIP) to construct an 8,617-foot parallel taxiway to eliminate back-taxiing on the runway; $2 million to Wisconsin's Dane County Regional Airport (KMSN) and $1.7 million to California’s San Bernardino International Airport (KSBD) to rehabilitate on-field roadways to allow vehicles to operate without entering aircraft movement areas; and $1.1 million to Alabama's Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) to improve the safety area for Runway 6/24.

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