Minot International Airport was awarded $528,477 in state airport grants for maintenance and improvements, according to the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.

The money will be used toward crack sealing, runway markings, taxiway rehabilitation, electrical vault rehabilitation, wildlife hazard removal, replacing the commercial terminal fire panel, exit land improvements, purchase of a mower unit and operations vehicle, replacing fuel farm pumps and fuel farm separator and environmental review on a public hangar demolition. The projects in total are estimated at just over $9 million.

The Aeronautics Commission approved $16 million in state infrastructure grant allocations to multiple public airports throughout North Dakota. Of those funds, $7.7 million is being provided to assist with maintenance and improvements at the commercial service airports and $8.3 million is provided for general aviation airport projects. There were 190 individual projects approved for funding at 65 public-use airports throughout the state.

These state grant allocations also match and leverage federal grant dollars through the Airport Infrastructure Program, Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, and Airport Terminal Program. It is estimated that throughout the 2024 construction cycle, North Dakota airport projects will receive about $70 million dollars through different federal funding sources which all require matching participation.

The state’s Airport Infrastructure Fund, established as part of the Operation Prairie Dog bill in the 2019 legislative session, is providing $10 million of the total state grant allocation. The other $6 million allocation was made possible from the Aeronautics Commission’s Special Fund. The primary revenue source for the fund is derived from state tax collections on aviation fuel and aircraft sales.

Other airports receiving grants were:

– Bottineau, $2,840 to design the replacement of the airport beacon foundation.

– Carrington, $27,045 for crack sealing.

– Crosby, $9,000 to design construction of a snow removal equipment building; $25,835 for crack sealing; $3,420 to replace barometer.

– Fessenden, $1,834 to replace water shut-off valve and meter; $1,680 to repair and replace hangar door.

– Garrison, $9,500 to design rehabilitation of the general aviation terminal: $17,528 for crack sealing; $6,415 to install weather camera system.

– Harvey, $7,720 for crack sealing.

– Kenmare, $475,522 to construct partial parallel taxiway and taxilane; $20,242 for crack sealing.

– Mohall, $1,709 for runway extension phase 1 and $12,300 for design of drainage improvements; $16,893 for crack sealing; $10,955 to replace existing windcone tower and sock.

– New Rockford, $1.6 million for runway, taxiway and apron rehabilitation.

– New Town, $20,763 for crack sealing; $172,718 for runway extension; $18,850 to design new Global Positioning System approach; $14,775 for GPS approach maintenance agreement.

– Parshall, $9,250 for environmental assessment for runway extension: $18,706 for crack sealing; $45,058 to install new beacon; $9,075 to install security gate.

– Rolla, $34,555 for crack sealing.

– Rugby, $82,909 for crack sealing.

– Stanley, $4,100 for design of west apron construction and $526 for Airport Geographic Information Systems survey; $75,706 to rehabilitate east apron; $250,000 to purchase land for runway protection zone.

– Tioga, $16,955 for micro-surface seal coat; $6,544 to construct lighting; $6,671 to install weather camera system; $41,500 to purchase and install electrical vault generator.

– Watford City, $10,384 to purchase and install electrical vault regulator.

– Williston, $171,709 for pavement maintenance and de-icing containment improvements.