New Windsor - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected Stewart International Airport, in Newburg, NY and Sacramento Mather Field Airport in Sacramento, CA, to participate in the 2010 Military Airport Program (MAP), which uses federal funds to convert former military airports to civilian or joint-use airports. The MAP funding, a set aside of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), provides a boost to civilian aviation capacity by upgrading former military airports.
The airports selected this year have participated in the program before and remain committed to ensuring that critical airports projects are completed so their respective airports can operate safely and efficiently as civilian or joint military-civilian use facilities.
Stewart International Airport, a commercial service airport, will participate in the program for only one year. The MAP funds will allow the airport sponsor to complete the replacement of the aging former Air Force airfield power circuit. The existing cable is old and unreliable, and the replacement of this cable, along with those projects already completed, will bring the airport to current civil design standards.
Sacramento Mather Field Airport, a commercial service airport, will receive funds for an additional three years to complete more projects. The projects to be completed include the demolition and paving of former military fueling pits, removal of the military pavement markings and restriping of the cargo apron, and demolition of former Air Force buildings that have no civilian use.
The MAP funding set aside for fiscal year 2010 is approximately $27 million. The type of projects that compete for MAP funding include building or rehabilitating parking lots, fuel farms, hangars, utility systems, access roads, and cargo buildings.
A total of 15 airports may participate in the program at any one time, including one general aviation airport. Airports may be selected or reselected to receive financial assistance for up to five years.
Since 1990, the FAA has provided airport sponsors approximately $587 million for a variety of projects such as building or rehabilitating surface parking lots, fuel farms, hangars, utility systems, access roads, and cargo buildings. Many of these projects are not normally eligible for AIP funding, but projects for MAP-designated airports have unique eligibility rules to convert the airports to civilian or joint use.
Airports already participating in the program include:
Plattsburgh International Airport, Plattsburgh, NY
Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport at Roosevelt Roads, Ceiba, PR
Griffiss Airpark, Oneida County, NY
Okaloosa Regional Airport, Valparaiso, FL
March inland Port, Riverside, CA
Chippewa County International, Sault Ste Marie, MI
A.B.Won Pat International Airport, Agana, GU.
Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, LA
Phoenix/Mesa Gateway, Mesa, AZ
