TOPEKA — Sixty-six airport projects across Kansas will receive funding from the Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP), including several in southeast Kansas.
The grants are designated for funding planning, constructing, or rehabilitating public-use general aviation airports, according to a release from Governor Kelly’s office. “These grants ensure the safety and longevity of Kansas airports, all while contributing to economic growth and job creation,” Gov. Kelly said.
KAIP funding typically comes from the bipartisan Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program (IKE) in the form of $5 million annually, while requiring airport sponsors to back 5% of project costs. This year, $11 million will go to 66 approved projects totaling an estimated value of nearly $14.4 million.
While 153 applications were submitted to KDoT’s Division of Aviation, only 66 were chosen based on flight safety, economic growth, and regional benefit. Here’s a look at the airports that were approved for project funding:
- Allen County – Replace Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), $153,000; taxiway rehabilitation, $157,500
- Amelia Earhart, City of Atchison– Construct automated gate, $42,075
- Chanute – North apron reconstruction, $424,570; perimeter fencing, $180,000
- Cheyenne County – Replace AWOS system, $153,000
- Coffeyville – Crack seal and remark runway, $42,750 design, $229,500 construct
- Colonel James Jabara, Wichita – Relocate/widen taxiway, $114,000 design, $800,160 construct
- Comanche County – Preserve concrete runway, $19,000 design, $225,000 construct
- Cook Airfield, Rose Hill – Used Jet A truck, $30,000; electric hose reel for MOGAS pump, $3,000; Parking ramp, $148,500; pavement repairs, $18,000
- Jack Thomas Memorial, El Dorado – Replace fuel system, $10,800
- Elkhart Morton County – Rehabilitate terminal building, $29,750
- Fort Scott Municipal – Taxiway rehabilitation, $57,600
- Gardner – Taxiway, $47,500 design, $99,000 construct
- Garnett – Replace fuel system, $90,000; terminal rehabilitation, $15,300
- Great Bend Municipal – Replace primary wind cone, $5,588
- Harper Municipal – Replace fuel farm card reader, $21,250
- Hays Regional – Pavement repair materials, $25,500; upgrade security and access gates, $21,250; ARFF station gate automation, $17,000
- Hugoton Municipal – AWOS update, $5,700 design; $165,600 construct; fuel dispenser, $4,750 design, $40,950 construct
- Hutchinson Regional – Install wildlife dig barrier for perimeter fence, $32,504
- Independence Municipal – Airport rotating beacon/tower, $23,750 design, $112,500 construct
- Johnson County Executive – Pavement maintenance materials, $13,600; southwest fence, $129,600; north fence, $156,150
- Kinsley Municipal – Fuel farm card reader, $13,500
- Lawrence Regional – Airport master plan update, $360,000; apron rehabilitation, $130,500 design, $800,000 construct; runway extension, $99,750 design
- Lyons-Rice County Municipal – Fuel system. $23,750 design, $282,600 construct
- Mark Hoard Memorial, Leoti – AWOS III, $163,764
- Medicine Lodge – AWOS update, $5,700 design, $165,600 construct
- Montezuma Municipal – Seal, patch, overlay and stripe runway, $792,700
- Moundridge Municipal – Resurface runway, $720,000
- New Century Air Center, Johnson County– Airfield electrical vault building, $89,300 design, $338,400 construct; rehabilitation of central portion of the west apron, $133,000 design, $800,000 construct; maintenance materials, $13,600
- Norton Municipal – Replace and relocate AWOS, $153,000
- Oakley Municipal – Replace rotating beacon and tower, $76,500
- Pratt Regional – Apron and hangar area rehabilitation, $59,850 design, $653,400 construct
- Shalz Field, Colby – Card station for self-serve fuel pumps, $16,200
- Syracuse-Hamilton County – Replace fuel system, $66,500, design, $486,000 construct; replace AWOS, $121,500
- Tribune Municipal – Remove telecom tower to mitigate runway obstruction, $72,000
- Wamego Municipal – Airport development plan/master plan (phase II), $66,500; reconstruct apron and connecting taxiway, $468,000
