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Board recommends acceptance of $3.86 million FAA FY26 airport infrastructure grant

Airport Development Board (Abilene Regional Airport) · November 12, 2025
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Summary

The Airport Development Board recommended that City Council accept a FY26 Airport Infrastructure Grant of $3,856,870; Don Green said the award carries a 5% city match (reported as $214,271) and will help fund terminal work including a fiber upgrade for the tower-to-fire-station crash phone and CMAR-related construction.

The Airport Development Board voted to recommend that the City of Abilene accept a FY26 Airport Infrastructure Grant from the Federal Aviation Administration totaling $3,856,870.

Don Green explained the grant comes under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) programing (an AIG/AIP-style program) and that Abilene deferred earlier AIG awards to concentrate funding on the terminal project. "This is the last year of funding [for this AIG program]," Green said, and the board was told the money can be carried through 2030 for multi-year projects.

Green also said the grant requires a 5% city match, which he reported as $214,271. The grant will be applied to the construction manager-at-risk work for the terminal project and to small eligible items such as upgrading a ring-down crash phone from copper to fiber between the tower and fire station.

The board moved to recommend acceptance of the award and passed the motion by voice vote; Green said City Council will be asked to approve the acceptance next week.

Next steps: City Council consideration of the acceptance and subsequent integration of the grant into terminal construction budgets and CMAR GMP packages.