Texarkana Airport Receives $4.9 Million in Federal Funds

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4.96 million in federal funds to Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field.

The money will be used to reconstruct the airport’s terminal building. This funding is awarded through the FAA’s second round of FY21 Airport Improvement Program grants.

The purpose of the Airport Improvement Program is for the planning and development of public-use airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems.

https://talkbusiness.net/2021/04/texarkana-airport-receives-4-9-million-in-federal-funds/

Arkansas Airports Receive More than $4 million in Federal Stimulus Money

by Jeff Della Rosa (JDellaRosa@nwabj.com)

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded more than $4.5 million in federal stimulus money to Arkansas airports, including $4.38 million to Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill. U.S. Sens. John Boozman, R-Ark., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers, announced Friday (Feb. 26) the grants will help to offset costs and maintain jobs as a result of COVID-19 and provide for increased sanitization to combat the spread of pathogens at airports.

The DOT, through the Federal Aviation Administration, will give the money appropriated through the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, which Congress approved in December. All federal legislators from Arkansas supported the act.

https://talkbusiness.net/2021/02/arkansas-airports-receive-more-than-4-million-in-federal-stimulus-money/

Grant recipients and amounts include:

Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA), $4,382,255

Rogers Executive Airport – Carter Field, $91,162

De Witt Municipal Airport/Whitcomb Field in Arkansas County, $13,000

Thompson-Robbins Airport in Phillips County, $9,000

Delta Regional Airport in St. Francis County, $13,000

Walnut Ridge Regional Airport in Lawrence County, $13,000