By far the largest of the 74 grants in the new round of awards is $43 million for Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. The airport plans to use the new grant to help finance a new 6,400-ft, end-around taxiway, which the FAA said would increase safety and reduce delays.

According to background information on the project from the airport, construction began in April 2021 on the taxiway project and is expected to be finished in December.

The project cost is $253.1 million; funding sources are passenger facility charge bonds and a federal grant. The project is part of a $4-billion, multi-year capital improvement program at the airport

Other large grants in the new round include $8.6 million to Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Mich., to rebuild its aircraft rescue and fire-fighting facility; and $7.3 million to Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport to improve a service road, rehabilitate an apron and taxiway and make other improvements.

Most of the grants are for infrastructure projects, though some of the awards are for acquiring snow-removal or other types of equipment as well as other non-construction purposes.

In all, the IIJA provides $15 billion over five years for the Airport Infrastructure Grant program. Of that total, the FAA so far has made $9 billion available.