U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $224,869,172 in airport aid to 59 airports in Arizona to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. This historic grant funding is part of the Trump Administration’s newly created Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program, an effort to provide unprecedented and immediate relief to American families, workers, and businesses.
“This $10 billion in emergency resources will help fund the continued operations of our nation’s airports during this crisis and save workers’ jobs,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao.
This funding will support continuing operations and replace lost revenue resulting from the sharp decline in passenger traffic and other airport business due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The funds are available for airport capital expenditures, airport operating expenses including payroll and utilities, and airport debt payments.
“Thank you to the dedicated men and women from the FAA’s Office of Airports for creating an entirely new program in record time to assist airport sponsors in desperate need of these funds,” said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson.
View a list of Arizona airports receiving funding on an interactive map, along with funding for all U.S. airports on FAA’s website. The state’s airports that will receive funding are:
Eric Marcus Municipal
Bagdad
Benson Municipal
Bisbee Municipal
Buckeye Municipal
Laughlin/Bullhead International
Casa Grande Municipal
Chandler Municipal
Chinle Municipal
Cibecue
Greenlee County
Colorado City Municipal
Coolidge Municipal
Cottonwood
Bisbee Douglas International
Eloy Municipal
Flagstaff Pulliam
Sierra Vista Municipal-Libby AAF
Gila Bend Municipal
Glendale Municipal
San Carlos Apache
Phoenix Goodyear
Grand Canyon National Park
Holbrook Municipal
Kayenta
Kingman
Lake Havasu City
Marana Regional
Ak-Chin Regional
Falcon Field
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway
Nogales International
Page Municipal
Avi Suquilla
Payson
Grand Canyon West
Phoenix Deer Valley
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Pinal Airpark
Polacca
Prescott Regional – Ernest A Love Field
Safford Regional
St Johns Industrial Air Park
San Manuel
Scottsdale
Sedona
Show Low Regional
Springerville Municipal
Taylor
Tuba City
Ryan Field
Tucson International
Whiteriver
Wickenburg Municipal
Cochise County
H A Clark Memorial Field
Window Rock
Winslow-Lindbergh Regional
Yuma MCAS/Yuma International
The CARES Act also provides funds to increase the Federal share to 100 percent for grants awarded under the fiscal year 2020 appropriations for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and Supplemental Discretionary grants. Under normal circumstances, AIP grant recipients contribute a matching percentage of the project costs. Providing this additional funding and eliminating the local share will allow critical safety and capacity projects to continue as planned regardless of airport sponsors’ current financial circumstances.
The FAA will use a streamlined application and grant-agreement process to make this funding immediately available for critical airport needs. The funds will be available as soon as the airport sponsor executes a grant agreement.
The CARES Act provides new funds distributed by various formulas for all airports that are part of the national airport system. This includes all commercial service airports, all reliever airports and some public-owned general aviation airports.
