Kelleys Island Land Field Airport Secures $171,100 for Runway Improvements

Press Release

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-9) today announced that the Kelleys Island Land Field Airport has secured $171,100 in a competitive grant award for designated runway improvements, to include new sealing and remarking of 2,203 feet of Runway 9/27 to "maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris." The competitive grant was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA.
"This is wonderful news for the residents of Kelleys Island," Kaptur said. "The residents competed for this grant against a number of other airports, almost all of which are larger in size, and it is to their credit that they were selected. Congratulations to Mayor Arden Cooper and his colleagues."

The FAA is an agency within the Department of Transportation and administers the airport runway improvement program. In 2014, Kelleys Island Land Field Airport received $369,000 to acquire 1.1 acres to extend a runway.

Background from the Department of Transportation:

This grant will provide federal funding for the Kelleys Island Land Field Airport in Ohio.
This project will fund crack seal and remarking to rehabilitate 2,203 feet of Runway 9/27 to maintain the structural integrity of the pavement and to minimize foreign object debris.
Kelleys Island Land Field Airport is a general aviation airport associated with Kelleys Island, Ohio. The local point of contact is Mr. Arden Cooper, Mayor.

Kaptur is a senior member the House Appropriations Committee that funds and has oversight responsibilities for the Department of Transportation.

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