Construct/expand hangar

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Eastern Region awarded $1,303,311.58 to Reading Regional Airport Authority on June 8, 2026, to construct a new 19,440 square-foot non-exclusive-use hangar for aircraft storage under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117).

The hangar construction project will generate revenue to support the airport's self-sustaining operations. This grant funds the final phase, consisting of hangar infrastructure construction. Performance runs through June 7, 2030, at Reading Regional Airport in Reading, Pennsylvania.

The Airport Infrastructure Grants program, established under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, provides five years of funding beginning in FY 2022 for airport development projects including runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability work, terminal improvements, and related infrastructure at airports listed in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Grant recipients must maintain airport layout plans for the duration of the grant agreement, ordinarily 20 years, and retain accounting records for three years after submission of the final expenditure report. Periodic reports must document projects bid, contracts awarded, work commenced, and work completed under the grant.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project constructs a new 19,440 square foot non-exclusive use hangar for aircraft storage to assist the airport to be as self-sustaining as possible by generating revenue. This grant funds the final phase, which consists of the construction of the hangar infrastructure. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with reading, pennsylvania.