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$76M in Grants to Modernize Airports and Improve Runways
The FAA is awarding another $76.1 million from the previously allocated $9 billion, for 45 airport-related infrastructure projects in 22 states. The projects are funded under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law for airport improvements, including front-of-house projects such as terminal expansions and baggage system upgrades.
Airports receiving funding include:
$1.8 million to South Bend International Airport in Indiana to reconstruct 8,500 feet of the existing Taxiway B pavement and correct the Taxiway B alignment geometry to meet FAA design standards
$2.4 million to Easton Airport in Maryland to improve the Runway 22 safety area
$8.3 million to Bangor International in Maine to rehabilitate 7,436 feet of Runway 15/33 to maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize debris
View a data visualization of the airports receiving funding here www.faa.gov/bil/airport-infrastructure.

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The FAA has just launched a new safety tool, Approach Runway Verification (ARV), to improve safety at airports across the nation. This tool provides controllers with visual and audible alerts if an approaching aircraft is lined up to land on the wrong airport surface, or even the wrong airport.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is the latest tower to start using this safety technology, ensuring a safer National Airspace System. This is a tool provided to controllers to improve situation awareness of the airport surface which is an additional to the general safety of aircrafts, especially in low-visibility.

ARV is currently installed at several air traffic control towers, including:
Austin (AUS)
Lincoln Tower (LNK)
Elton Hensley (FTT)
Lansing (LAN)
DuPage (DPA)
Chicago Executive (PWK)
Tallahassee (TLH)
Cedar Rapids (CID)
Branson West Municipal (FWB)
Gerald Ford International (GRR)
Elkhart Municipal (EKM)
South Bend (SBN)
M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport (PLK)

The FAA plans to deploy the technology at various other facilities till 2025.

"ARV is one of the three surface situational awareness solutions that make up the FAA’s fast-tracked surface safety portfolio. The other tools are the Runway Incursion Device (RID) and the Surface Awareness Initiative (SAI). These technologies are agile, efficient and cost-effective". - FAA

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