# Utah Will Receive $9.4M to Upgrade 11 of Its Airports

- **Published:** 2020-02-25
- **Edition:** West
- **Source:** Construction Equipment Guide
- **Authors:** U.S. Department of Transportation
- **URL:** https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/utah-will-receive-94m-to-upgrade-11-of-its-airports/47491
- **Tags:** Airport Construction, Grant Money, U.S. Department of Transportation, Utah

## Summary


## Article

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will award **$520.5 million in airport infrastructure grants** to 287 airports in 41 states. With this announcement, the Trump Administration has invested a historic $11.4 billion to more than 2,000 airports across the United States for safety and infrastructure improvements since January 2017.

Of the $520.5 million, Utah will receive around $9.4 million to upgrade 11 airports in the state, according to Chao. She said in a press release that the funds will "help to keep our nation's airports in good shape and make air travel a better experience for passengers."

Among the 11 airports to undergo renovations, Wayne Wonderland Airport ($2.4M), Milford Municipal/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field Airport ($2.0M), Ogden-Hinckley Airport (1.6M) and Wendover Airport ($1M) carry the heftiest revamping costs.

FAA statistics show U.S. civil aviation supports $1.6 trillion in economic activity and nearly 11 million jobs.

"America's airports provide a gateway to the world for our citizens while at the same time delivering first impressions of the United States to visitors from abroad," said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson in a news release. "It's in our national interest to make them the crown jewel in our transportation system. The Airport Improvement Program allows us to do just that."

## Utah Airports Receiving Funding

- **Duchesne Municipal Airport:** $300,000 to fund updating the airport master plan or study
- **Hanksville Airport:** $208,116 to fund sealing the runway pavement surface and joints
- **Kanab Municipal Airport:** $161,291 to fund building, repairing and expanding a snow removal equipment building
- **Wayne Wonderland Airport:** $2.4 million to fund runway repairs
- **Milford Municipal/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field Airport:** $2 million to fund runway repairs
- **Monticello Airport:** $213,776 to fund updating the airport master plan or study
- **Ogden-Hinckley Airport:** $1.6 million to fund apron repairs
- **Spanish Fork Airport Springville-Woodhouse Field:** $300,936 to fund taxiway construction
- **St. George Regional Airport:** $150,000 to fund snow removal equipment purchase
- **Vernal Regional Airport:** Vernal received two different grants. The first is a $300,000 grant to fund improvements to the airport's drainage and erosion control system and the second is $620,197 to fund installation of perimeter fencing
- **Wendover Airport:** $1 million to fund the installation of perimeter fencing

## Photos

![Ogden-Hinckley Airport will receive $1.6 million to fund apron repairs. (Washington County Historical Society photo)](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-47491-W-UTAH-AIRPORT-UPGRADES-1.jpg)

![One of the smaller projects for renovations, St. George Regional Airport will receive $150,000 to fund snow removal equipment purchase.](https://dmt55mxnkgbz2.cloudfront.net/1205x0_s3-47491-W-UTAH-AIRPORT-UPGRADES-2.jpg)