Airports serving Syracuse, Binghamton, and the Elmira/Corning area will use federal funding to pay for upcoming projects to revitalize runways and enhance airfield safety.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allocated the more than $5.4 million in funding, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.) and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) said in a joint statement Tuesday.
The funding comes from the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
Syracuse Hancock International Airport will use two grants totaling more than $790,000 to rebuild airfield-guidance signs. Greater Binghamton Airport (Edwin A Link Field) will use $1.8 million to rebuild or replace the airport’s lighting vault, a facility used to provide power and control for airfield light systems. Greater Binghamton will also use more than $400,000 to rebuild airfield-guidance signs.
The Elmira/Corning Regional Airport in Horseheads plans to use a grant of more than $1.5 million to rebuild its taxiway. It’ll also utilize a grant of nearly $867,000 to improve and modify its aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) building.