AMES, IOWA – Twelve Iowa communities will receive state grants in fiscal year 2002 to improve structures at their airports, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation. The 12 grant amounts will total $500,000.

The funding is provided by the state's vertical infrastructure grant program for general aviation airports, which was approved by the Iowa Transportation Commission as part of the DOT's 2002-2006 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program. Funding for this program comes from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund.

According to Office of Aviation Director Michelle McEnany, “The approval of this funding shows the importance of general aviation activities to Iowa's economic viability. Recent studies have shown that Iowa's air transportation system contributes $834 million to Iowa's economy and supports 10,000 jobs.”

Following are the grant recipients and their projects.

Airport	Project Description	Grant Amount
Ankeny	Maintenance hangar addition	$50,000
Atlantic	New six-unit T-hangar	$50,000
Carroll	Upgrade fuel facility	$50,000
Centerville	Replace hangar doors	$34,313
Charles City	Install jet fuel facility	$30,800
Denison	Repair hangar roof	$22,505
Greenfield	New floor in hangar	$40,600
Keokuk	Replace hangar doors	$27,370
Manchester	Upgrade fuel facility/New terminal	$44,412
Mount Pleasant	New FBO hangar	$50,000
Red Oak	New six-unit T-hangar	$50,000
Washington	New 10-unit T-hangar	$50,000