ALPINE-CASPARIS AIRPORT, Alpine: $1,400,000 grant will be used for pavement improvements to runways and taxiways, as well as expanding the concrete apron for additional parking for aircraft; installing runway signage and deer-proof fencing.
COULTER FIELD, Bryan: $1,100,000 grant will be used to rebuild the runway, taxiways and hangar access taxiways and additional parking expansion for aircraft.
CULBERSON COUNTY AIRPORT, Van Hom: $50,000 grant will be used for repairs, which include sealing all cracks and resealing and striping two runways.
FAYETTE REGIONAL AIR CENTER, La Grange: $1,511,290 grant will be used to fund the construction phase of a runway extension, plus runway, taxiway, apron and lighting upgrades.
GIDDINGS-LEE COUNTY AIRPORT, Giddings: $466,000 grant will be used for new construction and includes rehabilitating, along with striping and marking, the 4,000 foot runway; constructing a new taxiway with additional hangar access; reconstructing the apron; a parking area for aircraft; relocating a rotating beacon and tower; and installing drainage and erosion controls.
GILLESPIE COUNTY AIRPORT, Fredericksburg: $400,000 grant will be used to fund the construction of an airport terminal/apron area and ramp.
GRANBURY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Granbury: $510,000 grant will be used for a new taxilane between hangars and the airport’s taxiway, including the expansion of the airport’s apron, which is the parking area for aircraft. Other airport improvements include the construction of a new airport terminal ($362,380 grant) – the 36 by 177-foot facility will include a meeting room, several offices, a pilot’s lounge and restrooms.
McMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPARK, Big Spring: $130,000 grant will be used to complete electrical design plans for runway lighting, including the relocation of the airport beacon from the east side to the west side, and the installation of taxiway reflectors. (Grant approval was part pf a $750,000 runway lighting project approved earlier.) MID-VALLEY AIRPORT, Weslaco: $1,700,000 grant will be used for complete reconstruction and expansion of the terminal area parking ramp, upgrading of the aircraft fueling system to allow for greater storage and fuel capacity, improved runway lighting, more taxiways and an improved visual approach indicator system.
PLAINVIEW-HALE COUNTY AIRPORT, Plainview: $1,900,000 grant will be used for pavement improvements to the runways and taxiways, including apron repair and additional parking for aircraft.
PRESIDIO COUNTY AIRPORT, Marfa: $10,000 in a 50/50 grant agreement – TxDOT is responsible for supplying the materials for pavement repair, in an effort to cut cost the county has decided to do all labor in-house. Herbicide spraying has already begun on the field to prepare for sealing. SULPHUR SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, Sulphur Springs: $315,000 grant will be used for a new apron in front of a new terminal at the airport.
WOODS COUNTY AIRPORT, Mineola: $1,200,000 grant will be used to extend the runway, which allows for landing by larger aircraft, including the installation of pilot navigational aids such as precision approach path indicators and runway end lights. Pavement improvements will also be made to the taxiway and apron – a parking area for aircraft.
