Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field awarded $4.9 million in federal funds (Source: Fred Gamble/KSLA News 12) By Kaitlyn Gibson | April 1, 2021 at 12:26 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 12:41 PM
TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $4.9 million in federal funds for the Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field.
The funds will go towards reconstructing the terminal building at the airport.
“The investment in Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field will greatly benefit the Texarkana community and Arkansas as a whole,” said U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman. “The FAA’s $4.9 million investment to reconstruct the terminal will be an important part of bolstering Southwest Arkansas’s economy through commerce, tourism, and access.”
Nut Tree, Rio Vista airports eligible for CARES Act Covid-19 grants
VACAVILLE The Nut Tree Airport and the Rio Vista Municipal Airport are eligible for a piece of nearly $2 billion in federal grant funding that’s available to help airports whose operations are affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Grants are through the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program.
Funding availability was announced Friday in a press release from the FFA.
“President Biden has made it a priority to deliver immediate relief to our transportation sectors and their workers, ensuring they can continue to provide essential services through this pandemic and beyond,” U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said in the press release. “Today’s announcement is one of many steps we are taking to protect the health of America’s travelers and workers, while keeping our nation’s airport operations and re
(Riverton, WY) – Ahead of the January 15th Airport board meeting, County 10 caught up with Kyle Butterfield, the City of Rivertonâs Public Works Director on how all changes made to the airport name have been updated thus far.
The airport is considered a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements a year), according to the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Central Wyoming Airport however only flies to a single lone destinations to date which is Denver, Colorado. All signage for the airport will be up to date very shortly, in the coming months according to Butterfield.
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âThe city has been coordinating with a local company since early November to replace the letters on the outer wall of the terminal building. We hope to have them updated in the near future. Most other marketing material and signage related to the name change has been updated, including social media accounts and website domain name (centralwyomingairport.com).