MOUNT VERNON – The Knox County Regional Airport will receive $23,000 in Federal Aviation Administration grants for airports affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release from U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) said.
Knox County’s airport is one of 65 facilities to receive the total $30 million in funding for Ohio airports, earmarked to provide pandemic relief.
The Airport Coronavirus Relief Program, part of a $908 billion spending agreement, comes courtesy of collaboration between Republicans and Democrats as well as both houses of Congress.
“The aviation industry’s recovery is critical to our nation’s economy,” Portman said in the release. “During this pandemic, the sharp decline in air travel left the industry in an uncertain economic position. I’m pleased to see this continued support for our airports as they ramp up services to meet the increasing demands of air travel as our country continues on the path to recovery.”
The following airports received grants: John Glenn Columbus International, $8,619,383; James A. Rhodes, $13,000; Pickaway County Memorial, $13,000; Youngstown-Warren Regional, $23,000; Lawrence County Airpark, $13,000; Kent State University, $13,000; Hardin County, $13,000; Kelleys Island Land Field, $9,000; Morrow County, $9,000; Vinton County, $9,000; Zanesville Municipal, $23,000; Middle Bass Island, $9,000; Fairfield County, $13,000; Wayne County, $23,000; Akron Fulton International, $23,000; Perry County, $9,000; Toledo Executive, $13,000; Barnesville-Bradfield, $9,000; Lake County Executive, $23,000; Fulton County, $13,000; Findlay, $23,000; Bellefontaine Regional, $13,000; Geauga County, $13,000; Lima Allen County, $13,000; North Bass Island, $9,000; Darke County, $13,000; Carroll County-Tolson, $13,000; Van Wert County, $13,000; Defiance Memorial, $13,000; Lakefield, $13,000; Erie-Ottawa International, $23,000; Harry Clever Field, $13,000; Wadsworth Municipal, $13,000; Akron-Canton Regional, $3,038,242; Northeast Ohio Regional, $9,000; Columbiana County, $13,000; Ross County, $13,000; Sidney Municipal, $13,000; Bolton Field, $47,162; Ohio University, $23,000; Ohio State University, $91,162; City of Cleveland, $91,162; Put-in-Bay, $9,000; Neil Armstrong, $23,000; Medina Municipal, $13,000; Henry County, $13,000; Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express, $1,468,094; Cleveland Hopkins International, $9,734,529; Harrison County, $13,000; Cuyahoga County, $91,162; Jefferson County Airpark, $13,000; Wood County, $13,000; Monroe County, $9,000; Richard Downing, $13,000; Cambridge Municipal, $9,000; James M. Cox Dayton International, $4,116,832; Bluffton, $13,000; Dayton-Wright Brothers, $23,000; Portage County, $13,000; Williams County, $13,000; Putnam County, $13,000; Knox County, $23,000; Holmes County, $9,000; Rickenbacker International, $2,049,288; Delaware Municipal-Jim Moore Field, $23,000.
