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Aeronautics commission seeks $120 million for three "generational" airport projects and asks for continuing funds
Summary
North Dakota Aeronautics Commission Director Kyle Wanner told the House Appropriations Government Operations Division that the agency needs a one‑time $120 million state allocation plus use of airport infrastructure funds to support large terminal and runway projects at Fargo, Grand Forks and Dickinson.
The North Dakota Aeronautics Commission told the House Appropriations — Government Operations Division it needs a one‑time $120 million state allocation to support three large, long‑lifecycle airport projects — projects the agency called “generational” because they typically come once every 20–30 years. Director Kyle Wanner said the request is part of Senate Bill 2,006, the Aeronautics Commission budget bill.
Wanner said the commission also anticipates using up to $20 million from the state airport infrastructure ("prairie dog") fund, subject to available oil revenue deposits, and that federal grants already leveraged large investments: during the past biennium North Dakota airports secured about $177 million in federal aid and the state dispersed roughly $36 million in airport infrastructure grants for more than 370 projects.
The three projects Wanner highlighted are Fargo’s Hector International Airport…
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