WSDOT Aviation grant recipients 2017
View WSDOT Aviation grant recipients from 2017-2019.
Airport Aid Grant Awards (2017-2019 Biennium)
2017 - WSDOT awards $1.2 million in state funds to 25 airports during first round of 2017-2019 grants
Funding breakdown
- Federal - $76,758,144.69
- State - $1,243,521.87
- Local - $10,294,056.71
- Total - $88,375,896.18
Over ninety-three percent ($82.6 million) of the $88.3 million in federal, state and local aid investment dollars is slated for projects that preserve and improve critical airport pavement. Five safety projects account for three percent (nearly $2.9 million) of the combined grant dollars, while six planning, property acquisition, maintenance, and one security project account for the remaining four percent ($2.8 million).
Projects awarded
- 17 pavement - $957,532.73
- 5 safety - $144,495.78
- 6 planning - $98,132.48
- 1 security - $43,360.88
Exact grant amounts are subject to change according to final project bid totals and construction quantities.
Forty airports applied for more than $5 million in grants for this round. WSDOT's grant program is funded through an 11-cent-per gallon fee on aviation fuel, along with aircraft registration fees, and aircraft excise tax.
WSDOT anticipates soliciting applications for the second round of 2017-2019 biennium grants in February and March 2018. Award notifications for that round of grants is targeted for the week of May 21, 2018.
2017 Airport Grants by city
| Airport | Sponsor | Associated
City/ County Served |
Project Description | State $ | Federal $ |
| Bremerton National | Port of Bremerton | Bremerton / Kitsap | Pavement Maintenance - Runway 02/20, Taxiway A Connector, and Aircraft Run-up Areas | 28,202.95 | 507,653.06 |
| Anderson Field
|
City of Brewster | Brewster / Okanogan | Runway Lighting System / Airport Master Plan and Layout Plan Update | 45,823.72 | 824,821.65
|
| Cashmere-Dryden | Chelan County | Cashmere / Chelan | Runway Pavement Maintenance / AGIS Study
|
16,897.00 | 364,354.28 |
| Lake Chelan Municipal | City of Chelan | Chelan / Chelan | Airport Master Plan and Layout Plan Update | 19,254.43 | 346,579.74 |
| Davenport Municipal | City of Davenport | Davenport / Lincoln | Extend-Reconstruct Runway 5/23 (Phase 1) - Land Acquisition Parcel Numbers 8, 9, 10, 11 and Preliminary Obstruction Removal | 11,517.85 | 207,321.30 |
| Orcas Island
|
Port of Orcas | Eastsound / San Juan | Obstruction Removal / Airport Master Plan and Layout Plan Update
|
51,094.67 | 923,403.50
|
| Grand Coulee Dam | Port of Grant County District No. 7 | Electric City / Grant | Airfield Pavement Maintenance
|
16,042.18 | 288,759.19 |
| Ephrata Municipal | Port of Ephrata - Grant County Port District No. 9 | Ephrata / Grant | Airfield Pavement Maintenance
|
2,463.78 | 44,348.10 |
| Snohomish County (Paine Field) | Snohomish County
|
Everett / Snohomish | Taxiway B and North Ramp Taxilane Reconstruction
|
75,000.00 | 11,941,264.76
|
| Southwest Washington Regional | City of Kelso | Kelso / Cowlitz | Airport Master Plan and Layout Plan Update / Wildlife Hazard Assessment & Management Plan
|
20,228.49 | 364,112.77 |
| Lopez Island | Port of Lopez | Lopez / San Juan | Airport Lighting System Rehabilitation (Phase 2 - Construction)
|
35,778.62 | 644,015.18
|
| Odessa Municipal | Town of Odessa | Odessa / Lincoln | Runway Rehabilitation and Runway Safety Area Improvements (Phase 1 €“ Design)
|
6,304.95 | 113,489.14 |
| Okanogan Legion | City of Okanogan | Okanogan / Okanogan | Runway Rehabilitation (Phase 1 €“ Design) | 29,700.00 | |
| Omak Municipal | City of Omak | Omak / Okanogan | Runway Pavement and Lighting Rehabilitation
|
75,000.00 | 1,948,757.00 |
| Jefferson County International | Port of Port Townsend | Port Townsend / Jefferson | Runway 9/27 Rehabilitation (Phase 1 - Design and Environmental)
|
13,140.45 | 236,528.10 |
| Pullman-Moscow Regional | City of Pullman | Pullman / Whitman | Runway Realignment Program (Phase 4)
|
75,000.00 | 41,000,000.00 |
| Ferry County (Merritt Field) | Ferry County | Republic / Ferry | Runway Rehabilitation (Phase 2)
|
250,000.00 |
|
| Rosalia Municipal | Town of Rosalia | Rosalia / Whitman | Lighting, Access Road, Fencing, and Taxilane - Partial Design, Construction, and Construction Management
|
37,149.87 | 668,697.58 |
| Sunnyside Municipal | City of Sunnyside | Sunnyside / Yakima | Runway 7/25 Rehabilitation and Taxiway Reconstruction
|
75,000.00 | 3,833,751.00 |
| South Lewis County (Ed Carlson Memorial) | Lewis County | Toledo / Lewis | Parallel Taxiway Reconstruction (Construction Phase)
|
75,000.00 | 2,643,750.00 |
| Tonasket Municipal | City of Tonasket | Tonasket / Okanogan | Rehabilitate Runway 15/33 (Design)
|
39,315.75 | |
| Vashon Municipal | King County Airport District 1 | Vashon / King | Runway Safety Area Improvements | 27,246.28 | 490,433.07 |
| Walla Walla Regional | Port of Walla Walla | Walla Walla / Walla Walla | Taxiway A and Connectors Reconstruction
|
75,000.00 | 6,865,714.00 |
| Methow Valley State | WSDOT Aviation | Winthrop / Okanogan | Runway, Taxiway Connector, and Apron Pavement Rehabilitation (Phase 1)
|
100,000.00 | 1,800,000.00 |
| Yakima Air Terminal (McAllister Field) | City of Yakima | Yakima / Yakima | Security Gate Improvements
|
43,360.88 | 780,495.80 |
| Total Grant Funding | 1,243,521.87 | 76,758,144.69 |
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