Aviation - Airport aid grants

A total of $34.5 million in local, state, and federal funding supported airport investment projects in Washington during fiscal year 2024 (July 2023 through June 2024). Most of these funds ($21.3 million or 61.7%) have been slated for pavement projects, including $732,486 to the Sequim Valley Airport for runway rehabilitation. Safety improvement projects at airports account for 29.9% of the total dollars ($10.3 million), while 8.1% ($2.8 million) has been scheduled for planning projects.

A total of $60.3 million ($60,318,373.83) in local, state, and federal funding will be invested in airport investment projects during fiscal year 2023(July 2022 through June 2023). Most of these funds ($55.3 million or 91.79%) ($55,364,696.34) are slated for pavement projects, including $732,486 to the Sequim Valley Airport for a runway rehabilitation project. Projects that improve safety at airports account for 4.27% of the total dollars ($2.5 million) ($2,572,628.73), 3.43% ($2,066,048.76) for planning & other projects, with the remaining .52% ($315,000) allocated for airport transformation.

WSDOT's airport aid grant awarded $930,360 to nine airports for pavement maintenance, safety, and sustainability projects during fiscal year 2022 (July 2021 through June 2022). Approximately 80% ($748,950) of these funds will support airports not eligible for federal funds—facilities not included in the NPIAS. The airport aid grant program targets 55% of grant awards to the smaller non-NPIAS airports and NPIAS airports with fewer than 20 based aircraft.

WSDOT maximized the return on investment of the grant cycle by using the remaining 20% ($100,000) to leverage $27 million in federal and local funds for use on NPIAS airports. The majority of these funds will be used for airport pavement projects.

WSDOT awarded $1.4 million for airport investments through its Airport Aid Grant Program for fiscal year 2020 (July 2019 through June 2020). Public-use airports in the state leveraged $871,967 of these funds to secure $46.5 million in federal grant funding. These grant awards will benefit 21 projects at 21 airports in FY2020. WSDOT's leveraged dollars make up 60.6% of the $1.2 million in total state funds for the Airport Aid Grant Program. The remaining $567,572 (39.4%) will assist airports not eligible for federal funding

In FY2020, $53.0 million (local, state and federal funding) was available for airport investment projects. The majority of these funds ($46.8 million or 88.3%) were slated for pavement projects, including $500,000to the Town of Twisp for taxiway realignment and reconstruction at the Twisp Municipal Airport. Projects that improve safety at airports account for 8.7% of the total dollars ($4.6 million), with the remaining 3.2% ($1.7 million) allocated for planning and environmental projects.

WSDOT awarded $1.2 million for airport investments through its Airport Aid Grant Program for fiscal year 2019 (July 2018 through June 2019). Public-use airports in the state leveraged $936,000 of these funds to secure $42.9 million in federal grant funding. These grant awards will benefit 24 projects at 20 airports in FY2019. WSDOT's leveraged dollars make up 74.9% of the $1.2 million in total state funds for the Airport Aid Grant Program. The remaining $312,900 (25.1%) will assist airports not eligible for federal funding.

In FY2019, $47.8 million (local, state and federal funding) was available for airport investment projects. The majority of these funds ($42.3 million or 88.5%) were slated for pavement projects, including nearly $28 million for runway realignment at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. Projects that improve safety at airports accounted for 8.5% of the total dollars ($4.1 million), with the remaining 3% ($1.4 million) allocated for planning and environmental projects.