MARQUETTE, MI-- Three Upper Peninsula airports are getting federal funding to make improvements.
An $8.7 million Federal Aviation Administration grant is supplemented by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act to support airports affected by COVID-19.
The Delta County Airport will receive more than $1.8 million dollars to install an emergency generator and reconstruct runway lighting. Ford Airport is getting over $3 million to rehabilitate runways. And Sawyer International Airport will receive more than $3.7 million to construct, improve and repair utilities.