Nearly $30 million in grant funding heading to Nevada airports

Nearly $30 million in grant funding is headed to Nevada airports including a large chunk for improvements here in Reno.

The Reno-Tahoe International Airport is set to receive more than $13 million to help in its MoreRNO construction project.

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, both Democrats, secured funding 12 twelve airports across the state:

$13,695,039 for Reno-Tahoe International Airport to reconstruct the existing airport terminal, including upgrades to pavement and utilities that have reached the end of their useful lives.
$5,094,412 for Reno-Stead Airport to reconstruct 24,800 square yards of the existing main apron pavement that has reached the end of its useful life. An airport apron is the area of an airport in which aircraft are parked, unloaded or loaded, refueled, boarded, or maintained.
$3,564,630 for Harry Reid International Airport to rehabilitate pavement across its airport apron and plan for future improvements.
$2,947,000 for Austin Airport to realign, rehabilitate, and reconstruct the airport’s taxiways, modernizing the airport and bringing them up to modern standards. The airport will also acquire and install a new automated weather observing system to gather more accurate local weather information.
$1,667,000 for Tonopah Airport to reconstruct 21,000 square yards of the existing aircraft apron pavement that has reached the end of its useful life.
$1,092,652 for Fallon Municipal Airport to construct a new 300-foot taxi-lane to provide airfield access to the site of future airport hangars, as well as update existing taxiways.
$769,028 for Mesquite Airport to reconstruct 25,000 square yards of the existing aircraft apron pavement that has reached the end of its useful life. The airport will also reconstruct a gravel road used by airport vehicles, FAA vehicles, and ground service equipment.
$387,448 for Silver Springs Airport to acquire and install a new automated weather observing system to gather more accurate local weather information.
$282,000 for Minden-Tahoe Airport to rehabilitate taxi-lanes that have reached the end of their useful lives.
$187,500 for Carson City Airport to reconstruct the pavement on airport taxiways to extend their useful lives.
$160,901 for Lincoln County Airport to construct a new 1,500 square foot building to house snow removal equipment.
$126,530 for Wells Municipal Airport Harriet Field to construct a new 200-foot taxi-lane to provide airfield access to the site of future airport hangars.