JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – One year after COVID-19 concerns caused the largest monthly decline in airline passenger demand in history, North Dakota’s airports continue their work to recover from the impacts of the pandemic.
The state’s eight commercial service airports posted a total of 62,163 airline passenger boardings during the recent month of April.
This is a significant increase from the 4,964 passengers experienced during April of 2020 when the aviation industry experienced an astounding 95% decline in passengers due to the initial COVID-19 mitigations being put into place.
The demand for air travel has seen a steady recovery in recent months, however the current passenger counts are still approximately 32% below the normal pre-pandemic levels. The industry has been attributing the recent passenger increases to a recovery in the domestic leisure travel segment of the market.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of more than $898.9 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY2021 Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
This total includes $113.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to award all grants at a 100-percent federal share.
“Investing in our nation’s infrastructure is how our country helped spark an aviation industry that now supports millions of jobs,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. “These Airport Improvement Program grants will help modernize America’s airports and ensure that our air transportation system remains the safest and most efficient in the world.”
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The scheduled JSDC meeting included debate over a name for the airport business park. Written By: Keith Norman | ×
The industrial park area west of the airport is now known as the JMS Aviation Park after action by the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. Monday. John M. Steiner / The Sun
The industrial and business park built by the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp. adjacent to Jamestown Regional Airport will be called JMS Aviation Park.
JMS is the abbreviation and Federal Aviation Administration code for the Jamestown Regional Airport.
The JSDC Board of Directors voted 11 to 3 for the name, bypassing the name Hwy-20 Aviation Park which had been recommended by the JSDC Business Attraction Committee.
Airport funding arriving to Dickinson
The purpose of the supplement of funds will be used to offset the increased cost to clean and sanitize the vicinity of local airports. 4:20 pm, Apr. 7, 2021 ×
Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport will receive $1,008,097 million of FAA funds from the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2021. (Brandon L. Summers / The Dickinson Press)Brandon L. Summers
On Wednesday, Sen. John Hoeven announced economic relief for more North Dakota airports. Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Regional Airport will be receiving over $1 million.
Hoeven, a member of the Senate transportation, housing and urban development appropriations committee, notified the public of the financial relief that will aid 11 additional airports in the state. The funding will come from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), after the passing of the Consolidated Appropriations Act by Congress in December of last year. FAA is the largest modern transportation agency