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Atchison airport gains aviation funds

By Brian Hagen

03/04/2022

(KAIR)--Atchison’s municipal Amelia Earhart Airport is among 36 projects selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program funding.

According to a release from the office of Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, funding is done for the purpose of planning, constructing or rehabilitating public use general aviation airports.

The release notes that at total of $618,950 is earmarked for Atchison’s airport.

$89,396 of the total will go to construction of a new runway; $38,000 will be used for primary apron expansion, while $328,500 will be used for construction of primary apron expansion.

The release explains that the Kansas Airport Improvement Program receives $5 million annually through the Eisenhower Legacy Transportation Program, known as IKE, and requires airport sponsors to share in the project costs by paying between 5% and 50% of the total project. The Kansas Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation, which manages the program, considered 145 project applications this year with a combined total project value of over $78 million.

The selection board identified $4,968,161 in projects to address the most impactful airport improvements across the state.

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