WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced $1,172,932 in U.S. Department of Transportation grants for 14 Kansas regional airports. The grants are funded by the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, passed by Congress and signed into law in March 2020, and will help support the airports with expenses related to COVID-19.

“Kansas airports play an important role in our local economies and help connect rural areas to the rest of the country,” said Sen. Moran. “While our airports have worked hard to provide safe flying opportunities for Kansans and visitors, they have been severely impacted by decreased travel throughout this pandemic, and these grants will help support them with costs associated with COVID-19.”

Grant recipients:

• Allen County Airport: $13,000
• Atkinson Municipal Airport in Pittsburg: $23,000
• Fort Scott Municipal Airport: $13,000
• Freeman Field Airport in Junction City: $13,000
• Garnett Municipal Airport: $9,000
• Larned-Pawnee County Airport: $13,000
• Mark Hoard Memorial Airport in Leoti: $9,000
• Norton Municipal Airport: $9,000
• Ottawa Municipal Airport: $13,000
• Philip Billard Municipal Airport in Topeka: $23,000
• Russell Municipal Airport: $9,000
• Sabetha Municipal Airport: $9,000
• Topeka Regional Airport: $1,003,932.00
• Tribune Municipal Airport: $13,000

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