Install runway vertical/visual guidance system; install weather reporting equipment; install miscellaneous navaids

This $1.465 million Formula Grant from the Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration will fund airport safety and navigation aid upgrades at the Plainville, Connecticut airport through July 2026. Under the Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs, the Town of Plainville will install a new segmented circle for pilots, an automated weather observing system, replace an outdated wind cone, and install precision approach path indicators for Runway 2/20. These infrastructure improvements are intended to enhance safety, efficiency and accessibility at the airport by providing pilots with critical airfield information and site-specific weather data. The funding was awarded July 19, 2022 to directly support this regional general aviation facility.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project installs a new segmented circle navigational aid to improve safety and provide pilots with critical airfield information. This project installs an automated weather observing system to enhance the safety and efficiency of aircraft operations at the airport by providing accurate, current and site-specific weather information. This project replaces the airport's wind cone that has reached the end of its useful life and no longer meets federal aviation administration design standards. This project installs new runway 2/20 precision approach path indicators to make the airport more accessible by improving approaches to the runway ends. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with plainville, connecticut.