Repair/rehabilitate/modernize/reconstruct sponsor owned FAA operated tower

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Great Lakes Region awarded $3,548,520 to the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Peoria on April 12, 2026, under the Airport Terminal Program (CFDA 20.118) to reconstruct a sponsor-owned, FAA-operated airport traffic control tower. This award funds Phase 4 of the project, which consists of Phase 2 tower shaft construction and enabling projects at General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport in Bartonville, Illinois. The reconstruction is allowable under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act's expanded eligibility. Work is scheduled for completion by April 11, 2030. The Airport Terminal Program is a competitive grant program established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide funding for airport terminal and traffic control tower development projects, with the aim of modernizing, upgrading, and rebuilding airport infrastructure to address aging facilities and improve safety, sustainability, and accessibility.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project reconstructs a sponsor owned, federal aviation administration operated airport traffic control tower. This project is allowable under the infrastructure investment and jobs act's expanded eligibility. This grant funds phase 4, which consists of the phase 2 tower shaft construction and enabling projects. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with peoria, illinois.