WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today (Tuesday), that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $70,467,304 in airport aid to 79 airports in Iowa to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The historic grant funding is part of the Trump Administration’s newly created Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Airport Grant Program, an effort to provide unprecedented and immediate relief to American families, workers, and businesses. 

Locally, some of the airports receiving funding include (but are not limited to):

• Atlantic, $30,000.
• Audubon, $1,000.
• Carroll (Arthur N. Neu, $30,000
• Clarinda (Schenck Field), $30,000.
• Council Bluffs Municipal Airport, $69,000.
• Greenfield Municipal Airport, $30,000

The funding will support continuing operations and replace lost revenue resulting from the sharp decline in passenger traffic and other airport business due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The funds are available for airport capital expenditures, airport operating expenses including payroll and utilities, and airport debt payments.

View a list of Iowa airports receiving funding on an interactive map, along with funding for all U.S. airports on FAA’s website.