Aviation - Airport aid grants

A total of $60.3 million in local, state, and federal funding supported airport investment projects in Washington during FY2023. Most of these funds ($55.4 million or 91.8%) have been slated for pavement projects, including $732,486 to the Sequim Valley Airport for runway rehabilitation. Safety improvement projects at airports account for 4.3% of the total dollars ($2.5 million), while 3.4% ($2.1 million) has been scheduled for planning & other projects, and the remaining 0.5% ($315,000) has been 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.

WSDOT awarded $1.2 million for airport investments through its Airport Aid Grant Program for fiscal year (FY) 2018 (July 2017 through June 2018). Public-use airports in the state leveraged $923,300 of these funds to secure $76.9 million in federal grant funding. These grant awards benefitted 29 projects at 25 airports in FY2018. WSDOT's leveraged dollars make up 74.4% of the $1.2 million in total state funds for the Airport Aid Grant Program. The remaining $317,500 (25.6%) will go to airports not eligible for federal funding.

In FY2018, $88.5 million was available for airport investment projects. This figure includes $10.3 million in local and other funding, in addition to state and federal funding. The majority of these funds ($82.8 million or 94%) were slated for pavement projects, including $41 million for runway realignment at the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport. Projects that improve safety at airports accounted for 3% of the total dollars ($2.7 million), with the remaining 3% ($3.0 million) allocated for security and other projects.