3 Mobile Bay airports land $3.8M for runway, safety upgrades
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Three airports in Mobile and Baldwin counties received state grants from the Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program totaling $2,126,363, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
In addition to the state contribution, Federal and local airport funds added another $1,632,117, enabling a total of $3,758,480 to be spent on local airport improvements.
How are Mobile and Baldwin airports spending the money?
How is the money going to be spent? Here are the details and the project allocation that includes state, federal and airport funding:
- Bay Minette Municipal Airport – $157, 895 – for construction and extension of a hangar taxilane.
- Jeremiah Denton Airport on Dauphin Island – $896,637 – for construction of 1,500 feet of seawall to extend the runway.
- Mobile International Airport – $2,703,948 – for pavement maintenance and to reconstruct an aircraft rescue and firefighting building and acquire firefighting vehicles.
ALDOT awarded 47 state airport grants totaling $12,099,563 throughout Alabama, leveraging $53,635,243 from the federal government and $7,337,174 in airport contributions. As a result of these partnerships, $73,071,980 will be spent this year to improve and enhance Alabama’s airports.
Frank Farmer, chief of ALDOT’s Aeronautics Bureau, said in a news release:
“Alabama’s airports support local businesses, emergency response and travel in communities across the state. This funding will help airport owners address important infrastructure needs and maintain safe, reliable facilities.”
