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PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT/EXTEND SAFETY AREA. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT TO INCREASE THE FEDERAL SHARE TO 100 PERCENT FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (AIP). ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS PROJECT AWARDS A STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM GRANT TO THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ADMINISTER AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SUB-AWARDS FOR NONPRIMARY AIRPORTS WITHIN THE STATE. THIS PROJECT CONSTRUCTS RUNWAY 6/24 SAFETY AREA AT THE 24 END TO ENHANCE SAFETY. THE FAA WORKED WITH THE NATION'S 14 CFR PART 139 CERTIFICATED AIRPORTS TO COMPLETE ALL PRACTICABLE IMPROVEMENTS TO RUNWAY SAFETY AREAS PRIOR TO THE DEADLINE OF DECEMBER 31, 2015. HOWEVER, SOME AIRPORTS, INCLUDING THIS ONE, CONTINUE TO PURSUE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS THEY BECOME FEASIBLE. THIS GRANT INCLUDES FUNDING FOR HICKORY REGIONAL (HKY), LOCATED IN THE 14TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $11,757,566. INTENDED BENEFICIARY: THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AIRPORTS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

Project Grant (B) · Federal Aviation Administration · to Aviation Division (UEI CMPQNGFY6UN7) · data as of 2026-09-30

Obligated to date$11.76M1 action

Period2025-09-19 → 2025-09-19first to last action

Passed on$11.76Mto 1 subrecipient

What it is

Program: Airport Improvement Program, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, and Covid-19 Airports Programs (Assistance Listing 20.106)
Where the work is: NC
Topics: covid

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2025$11.76M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subrecipients: where the money went next

1 subaward totaling $11.76M (100.0% of what was obligated), as Aviation Division reported them. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; smaller ones and unreported ones aren't here.

Subrecipient	Amount	Subawards	Where	First	Last
City of Hickory	$11.76M	1	NC	2026-01-20	2026-01-20

The largest single subawards

Date	To	Amount	For
2026-01-20	City of Hickory	$11.76M	CONSTRUCT EMAS RUNWAY 24 (CON/CA/RPR)

Every action

1 action since 2025-09-19. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Amendment	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2025-09-19	00	New award	$11.76M	PURPOSE: CONSTRUCT/EXTEND SAFETY AREA. THIS GRANT IS FUNDED BY THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT TO INCREASE THE FEDERAL SHARE TO 100 PERCENT FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (AIP). ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED/EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THIS…

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-09-30). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗