Airport Receives 12.5 Million Federal Aviation Administration Grant

Published on August 31, 2022

San Antonio International Airport Receives $12.5 Million in Grants From the Federal Aviation Administration

San Antonio (August 31, 2022) – Yesterday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the award of more than $850 millionin infrastructure grants as part of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and San Antonio International Airport (SAT) received $2.5 million of the fund.

The program is designed to help airports with construction of new and improved facilities, repairs to runways and taxiways, and purchasing equipment needed to operate and maintain airports. SAT is going to allocate the funding for an environmental assessment of its upcoming airfield expansion program. The goal is to shift, lengthen and decouple two commercial runways. This is a part of theairport’s master plan that was recently completed last year.

“This is a major development in our master plan and it’s good news for the future of San Antonio and meeting the needs of our travelers,” said Jesus H. Saenz, Director of Airports, San Antonio Airport System. This is the first step in reaching our goal to increase our ability to offer more international flights.”

SAT is one of 200 airports in 44 states to receive the funding as part of the fiscal year 2022 program. So far, the FAA and the U.S. Department of Transportation have awarded approximately $2.9 billion in AIP grants for this fiscal year.

In addition, earlier this month, SAT was awarded another grant of $10 million from the same fund. The money from that fund will be used for construction projects on a taxiway, which will allow for more room for Terminal C to be built.