The Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant Program is backing a $6.5 million runway rehabilitation and lighting project at the Craig-Moffat County Airport with $250,000 from the state, $408,052 in local funding and $5.9 million from the federal government.

The state funding was approved by the Colorado Aeronautical Board in April as the board awarded a second round of Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grants to match federally funded airport projects in Colorado.

The board’s decision authorized the distribution of just over $4 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues that support the grants administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics.

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According to CDOT, the Airport Improvement Program and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law have matched $4 million in state funding and $6.7 million in local funding with $112 million in federal funding for airport upgrades across Colorado.

After Federal Airport Improvement Program, or AIP projects, were funded at 100% in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 relief money, the 2022 and 2023 AIP programs have returned to previous matching requirements.

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This return to standard practice required airports to provide a local match to accept AIP funding, typically 10% with a few exceptions. The division has historically supported Colorado airports by providing half of their local match requirement, up to $250,000 of state funding per year.