Airport to benefit from infrastructure funding

The Olive Branch Airport is one of 63 Mississippi airports that are getting a share of nearly $19 million for repairs and improvements. According to Sen. Roger Wicker’s office, the funds are coming from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which made these funds available.

“These funds for Mississippi airports are some of the first fruits of that legislation,” Sen. Wicker said. “Targeted investments will help airports all across our state make repairs and improvements that will support travelers and boost our economy for decades to come.”

Olive Branch Airport will receive $295,000 under the program.

In November, Sen. Wicker said that Mississippi will soon see major investments in its infrastructure.

In addition to the allocation of funds for airports repairs and improvements, Wicker had said that the State will receive, “$3.3 billion for roads and highways, $225 million for bridge replacement and repairs, a minimum of $100 million for broadband infrastructure, $283 million for water infrastructure, and significant funding for Army Corps of Engineers projects and port and rail improvements.”

Below is a list of the 63 Mississippi airports that the awards will go to:

• Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, City of Jackson: $3,799,704
• Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, City of Gulfport: $2,994,440
• Golden Triangle Regional Airport, City of Columbus: $1,033,512
• Key Field Airport, City of Meridian: $1,012,816
• Tupelo Regional Airport, City of Tupelo: $1,009,902
• Hattiesburg-Laurel Regional Airport, City of Hattiesburg: $1,007,546
• Stennis International Airport, City of Bay St. Louis: $295,000
• Greenville Mid-Delta Airport, City of Greenville: $295,000
• Greenwood-Leflore Airport, City of Greenwood: $295,000
• Hawkins Airfield, City of Jackson: $295,000
• Hesler-Noble Field Airport, City of Laurel: $295,000
• Hardy-Anders Field/Natchez-Adams County Airport, City of Natchez: $295,000
• Olive Branch Airport, City of Olive Branch: $295,000
• University-Oxford Airport, City of Oxford: $295,000
• George M. Bryant Airport, City of Starkville: $295,000
• Trent Lott International Airport, City of Pascagoula: $295,000
• Monroe County Airport, City of Aberdeen: $159,000
• Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, City of Brookhaven: $159,000
• Fletcher Field Airport, City of Clarksdale: $159,000
• Columbia-Marion County Airport, City of Columbia: $159,000
• Columbus-Lowndes County Airport, City of Columbus: $159,000
• Copiah County Airport, City of Crystal Springs: $159,000
• Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport, City of Hattiesburg: $159,000
• Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport, City of Holly Springs: $159,000
• Indianola Municipal Airport, City of Indianola: $159,000
• Louisville-Winston Airport, City of Louisville: $159,000
• Bruce Campbell Field Airport, City of Madison: $159,000
• Okolona Municipal Airport-Richard Stovall Field, City of Okolona: $159,000
• Picayune Municipal Airport, City of Picayune: $159,000
• Pontotoc County Airport, City of Pontotoc: $159,000
• John Bell Williams Airport, City of Raymond: $159,000
• Vicksburg Municipal Airport, City of Vicksburg: $159,000
• Winona Municipal Airport, City of Winona: $159,000
• Panola County Airport, City of Batesville: $110,000
• Tishomingo County Airport, City of Belmont: $110,000
• Belzoni Municipal Airport, City of Belzoni: $110,000
• Booneville-Baldwyn Airport, City of Boonville: $110,000
• Carthage-Leake County Airport, City of Carthage: $110,000
• Roscoe Turner Airport, City of Corinth: $110,000
• Ruleville-Drew Airport, City of Ruleville: $110,000
• Grenada Airport, City of Grenada: $110,000
• Houston Municipal Airport, City of Houston: $110,000
• Iuka Airport, City of Iuka: $110,000
• Kosciusko-Attala County Airport, City of Kosciusko: $110,000
• C. A. Moore Airport, City of Lexington: $110,000
• Macon Municipal Airport, City of Macon: $110,000
• Magee Municipal Airport, City of Magee: $110,000
• McComb-Pike County-John E. Lewis Field, City of McComb: $110,000
• New Albany-Union County Airport, City of New Albany: $110,000
• James H Easom Field, City of Newton: $110,000
• Philadelphia Municipal Airport, City of Philadelphia: $110,000
• Calhoun County Airport, City of Pittsboro: $110,000
• Poplarville-Pearl River County Airport, City of Poplarville: $110,000
• Prentiss-Jefferson Davis County Airport, City of Prentiss: $110,000
• Clarke County Airport, City of Quitman: $110,000
• Ripley Airport, City of Ripley: $110,000
• Tunica Municipal Airport, City of Tunica: $110,000
• Paul Pittman Memorial Airport, City of Tylertown: $110,000
• Waynesboro Municipal Airport, City of Waynesboro: $110,000
• McCharen Field, City of West Point: $110,000
• Dean Griffin Memorial Airport, City of Wiggins: $110,000
• Yazoo County Airport, City of Yazoo: $110,000