The Colorado Aeronautical Board (CAB) recently approved $7.3 million in funding to improve local airport infrastructure, enhance safety, and support the transition to unleaded fuels.
Boulder Municipal Airport will receive $63,000 of state funds for unleaded fuel price subsidies, while Fremont County Airport will receive $576,000 for unleaded fuel infrastructure.
In another local grant, Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport was awarded $450,000 for pavement maintenance on the airport’s primary taxiway.
Leveraging Federal Investment
The board also approved 30 federal match and overmatch grant applications totaling $6,260,820. These state funds are designed to help Colorado airports meet the local matching requirements necessary to access federal funding from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
CAB officials note that the $6.2 million in state funds will leverage approximately $172.8 million in planned federal funding.
Federal matching grant project examples include $551,499 of state funding to the Burlington/Kit Carson County Airport for access road improvements and airfield pavement maintenance and $921,315 to the Eagle County Regional Airport for the acquisition of a new aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle.
State aviation officials note this is the second round of grant approvals, which bring total state funding so far this year to $10.2 million. When combined with local matching grants, these approvals support nearly $13.8 million in statewide projects.
A list of all 2026 awards and projects can be found here.
For more information: Colorado-Aeronautics.org
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