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Federal Money Disbursed For Improving Airports In NE

Preparing for the competition: A sign at the Philadelphia airport heralds the impending arrival of Southwest Airlines. The discount airline begins service out of the city May 9, with 14 daily nonstop flights to six cities.
Jack Speer, NPR
Preparing for the competition: A sign at the Philadelphia airport heralds the impending arrival of Southwest Airlines. The discount airline begins service out of the city May 9, with 14 daily nonstop flights to six cities.

More than 20 airports in Nebraska are getting 18-million dollars for infrastructure and safety improvements. The Beatrice Municipal Airport will get almost five-million to reconstruct its apron and taxiway. Both the North Platte Regional Airport and Eppley Airfield will get three-point-four-million for terminal improvements. More than 123-million will be given out to airports in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The federal funding comes from the U-S Department of Transportation.