Washington, D.C.  (Sens. Heitkamp’s  Hoeven’s Offices)  – U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp, and John Hoeven have announced 14 federal grants totaling over $7.4 million to improve airport infrastructure for airports across North Dakota.

Heitkamp says, “Airports across North Dakota serve folks in every corner of the state. To make sure these airports, both urban and rural, operate safely and enable North Dakotans and visitors to get where they need to travel, the airports must have the infrastructure in place to support their operations. These federal funds will do just that by investing in 14 airports across North Dakota that will fund new construction, rehabilitation, and replacement projects to keep airports in top shape.”

Hoven says, “Cities and rural communities throughout North Dakota rely on their airports. The economic activity our state’s airport generate as well as their importance to our state’s agriculture industry, make them an indispensable part of our economic well-being. Today’s infrastructure investments will help ensure that these airports can continue to safely support our state’s aviation needs.”

The federal funds are invested into airports in the region include:

  • Oakes Municipal Airport: $516,499 in federal funds to build a new aviation terminal building, and a building to house and protect snow removal equipment, and a parking lot.

 

  • Carrington Municipal Airport: $513,464 in federal funds to construct a new hangar building.

 

  • Ellendale Municipal Airport: $81,000 in federal funds to replace the airports rotating beacon, fix the runway as well as the hangar and exit taxiways.

 

  • Linton Municipal Airport: $73,005 in federal funds to replace the airport’s wind cone, install a rotating beacon, and rehabilitates the current runway lighting system.

 

These federal funds are made available through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration.