NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Airport Manager Pieter Miller said there's a practical problem that a new grant from the State of Kansas announced Wednesday is going to solve.
"It's to keep any type of animal or critter out that digs underneath our fence and gets into the airport," Miller said. "We've got a couple sections. Over the last several years, we've been working our way around the rest of the perimeter to put dig barrier under there, so coyotes, dogs, whatever type of animals trying to get in here, won't be able to get in here."
The grant for Hutchinson Airport is $32,504. Sixty-six airport projects across the state have been selected for Kansas Airport Improvement Program (KAIP) funding for planning, constructing, or rehabilitating public-use general aviation airports.
"The KDOT Aviation Grants, they're pretty much open to anything you want to ask for that is kind of airport related," Miller said. "It's not a huge grant."
Pratt Regional also received a grant for apron and hangar area rehabilitation for $59,850 design and $653,400 to construct.
Lyons Rice County Municipal Airport also received a grant this cycle for a fuel system. Their grant was for $23,750 for design and $282,600 to construct.
The program is satisfying 22% of the requests it had for funding this year.
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