OTTAWA — The Government of Canada recently invested in infrastructure at several small airports across the country, following new federal funding rules which opens eligibility to airports.
Twenty-one of Canada’s airports were transferred from the federal government to the privately operated National Airports System since the early 1990s. These airports have collectively invested $25 billion on infrastructure. Smaller airports with lower traffic volumes, however, have sometimes found it a challenge to cover both operating and capital costs on an ongoing basis, states a release issued by the Canadian Airports Council (CAC).
Funding criteria for the National Trade Corridors Fund has changed this for smaller airports. To date, the feds have announced funding for the following:
- $3.3 million to support updates to the main taxiway at the London International Airport;
- $5 million for resurfacing of a runway and the adjoining taxiways and aprons at the Gander International Airport;
- $10 million to rehabilitate two runways, the public taxiway and aprons, and the addition of Runway End Safety Areas to the Saint John Airport; and
- $8.1 million to rehabilitate the Charlottetown Airport’s main runway and connecting taxiways.
The federal government is also providing the Fredericton International Airport with $9 million from the New Building Canada Fund to expand its terminal building by 50 per cent.
Funding from the Airport Capital Assistance Program has also been announced for CAC member airports such as the Sault Ste. Marie Airport Development Corporation, Red Deer Airport and the Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport.
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