Wednesday, September 1, 2021

9 MS airports share $6.6M grants

WASHINGTON – Nine Mississippi airports will share $6.6M in federal FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, announced Aug. 30. The airports include:  Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport - $2,278,182 to rehabilitate runway and taxiway lighting, and rehabilitate runway and airport beacons; Greenwood-Leflore Airport, City of Greenwood – $1,560,800 to reconstruct runway lighting; Houston Municipal Airport – $1,040,436 to rehabilitate runway and apron; Hardy-Anders Field Natchez-Adams County Airport, Natchez – $572,928 to rehabilitate runway and taxiway; Vicksburg Municipal Airport – $276,801 to improve airport drainage/erosion control; Grenada Municipal Airport – $248,100 to install weather reporting equipment; Iuka Mississippi Airport – $234,740 to install weather reporting equipment; Roscoe Turner Airport, Corinth – $221,464 to update airport master plan/study; and University-Oxford Airport – $207,200 to improve airport drainage and erosion control. (Source: Sen. Hyde-Smith 08/31/21) WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $6.6 MILLION FOR MISS. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (senate.gov)

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