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News Release
Iowa Transportation Commission approves 2007 aviation programs
AMES , Iowa – The Iowa Transportation Commission today approved Iowa 's $3-million 2007 State Aviation Program. The program will provide nearly $2.4 million for vertical infrastructure projects at eight commercial service airports and 12 general aviation airports in Iowa . An additional $688,000 will provide funding for Airport Improvement Program projects, including: airfield and security projects at 10 general aviation airports; aviation safety programs; and planning studies. (See three charts listing the projects at the end of this release.)
Aviation funding for safety programs and planning studies supports:
• maintenance of the statewide Aviation Weather and Observing System (AWOS); AWOS provides a network of aviation weather reporting stations at 38 airports in Iowa and real-time ground-to-air radio weather broadcasts for pilots; AWOS information is also available via phone and Internet broadcasts, and is used by a forecaster with the National Weather Service;
• the Runway Marking Program, which provides safety critical runway and taxiway markings at publicly owned airports that provide key operational information to pilots on the ground and from the air;
• the Windsock Program, which assists with the purchasing of very basic safety tools that provide valuable information to pilots regarding wind direction and speed prior to takeoff and landing;
• match for the federally funded statewide studies that will include studies on the economic impact of Iowa 's air transportation system, obstruction analysis of runway approaches and pavement inspections at airports eligible for federal funding.
• a wildlife mitigation program; and
• emergency operational repairs at publicly owned airports.
Additional information on aviation in Iowa is available at www.iawings.com.
2007 Airport Projects
FY2007 Commercial Service Vertical Infrastructure (CSVI) Projects |
Airport |
Type of Improvement |
State Share |
Des Moines International |
Construct airfield storage building, renovate terminal for EDS deployment, construct material storage building |
$580,140 |
Dubuque Regional |
Renovate and construct hangars, renovate terminal, construct new terminal |
$108,334 |
Eastern Iowa Airport |
Construct aircraft rescue fire fighting (ARFF) storage facility |
$299,389 |
Fort Dodge Regional |
Renovate terminal security area, hangar demolition and construction |
$96,966 |
Mason City Municipal |
Construct FBO office addition, install electrical circuits in the terminal building, replace heating system in airport maintenance shop, construct cold storage hangar, extend water and sewer utilities to airport from city of Clear Lake |
$99,701 |
Sioux Gateway |
Renovate terminal building, renovate hangars |
$109,430 |
Southeast Iowa Regional |
Construct hangars |
$96,465 |
Waterloo Regional |
Renovate t-hangars and corporate hangar |
$109,575 |
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Total |
$1,500,000 |
FY2007 General Aviation Vertical Infrastructure (GAVI) Projects |
Airport |
Type of Improvement |
State Share |
Emmetsburg Municipal |
Rehabilitate existing terminal/office |
$6,448 |
Harlan Municipal |
Rehabilitate seven hangars |
$68,000 |
Humboldt Municipal |
Install fuel system with automated fueling terminal |
$58,650 |
Iowa City Municipal |
Rehabilitate Hangar A |
$49,300 |
Iowa Falls Municipal |
Rehabilitate terminal |
$35,000 |
Keokuk Municipal |
Rehabilitate existing terminal building |
$50,644 |
Mapleton Municipal |
Install self-fueling credit card system |
$17,000 |
Mount Pleasant Municipal |
Construct conventional hangar |
$183,858 |
Ottumwa Industrial |
Rehabilitate large hangar: electrical system upgrade |
$85,000 |
Red Oak Municipal |
Construct corporate hangar |
$216,000 |
Rock Rapids Municipal |
Install self-fueling credit card system |
$12,600 |
Shenandoah Municipal |
Construct four-unit t-hangar |
$90,060 |
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Total |
$872,560 |
FY 2007 Airfield and Security Projects |
Airport |
Type of Improvement |
State Share |
Arthur N. Neu (Carroll) |
Construct access taxiway to serve new
t-hangar
|
$56,000 |
Decorah Municipal |
Install perimeter fencing |
$15,400 |
Fairfield Municipal |
Pavement maintenance |
$2,500 |
Forest City Municipal |
Pavement maintenance |
$5,000 |
Iowa City Municipal |
Rehabilitate t-hangar taxi lanes in south
t-hangar area - phase 1
|
$111,510 |
Le Mars Municipal |
Security lighting |
$13,650 |
Manchester Municipal |
Pavement maintenance |
$2,730 |
Milford Municipal |
Pavement maintenance |
$10,000 |
Newton |
Security gate |
$14,000 |
Vinton Municipal |
Replace runway end identifier lights (REILs) for runway 9/27 |
$18,375 |
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Total |
$249,165 |
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