Downtown Shreveport airport receiving just over $5M in FAA grant money (Source: Scott Pace) By Rachael Thomas | April 1, 2021 at 4:08 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 10:41 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The Shreveport Airport Authority is set to receive just over $5 million in grant money from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make improvements to the airport, Senator Bill Cassidy, MD announced Thursday, April 1.
Ten other grants will be issued to Louisiana airports for a total of $13,146,304. The Shreveport Downtown Airport will receive $5,143,712 to rehabilitate 5,016 feet of runway to maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.