Mon, 06/28/2021 - 5:00pm An aerial view of the Belfast Area High School June 2020 graduation ceremony held at the Belfast Municipal Airport. (File photo/David Valcik) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five Maine airports, including two in the Midcoast, received a combined $11,495,847 from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program, according to a news release. The funding was allocated as follows: Portland International Jetport received $6,942,191 to realign a section of existing Taxiway A north to eliminate aircraft interference with the Instrument Landing System (ILS) critical area; Augusta State Airport received $2,139,029 to reconstruct a taxiway; Auburn-Lewiston Airport received $1,619,627 to acquire land for approaches, reconstruct a taxilane and, update an existing taxiway;