Imperial County Airport receives $300k grant for renovations

IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Plans to renovate the Imperial County Airport are in motion thanks to a new grant.

The Federal Aviation Administration gave the grants to 72 California airports, including Imperial County Airport.

The airport received almost $300,000 from the FAA.

The Imperial County Board of Supervisors says although this is just the first phase of enhancing the airport, they have several improvements in mind.

"Not only the airport portion where you have your air, the airstrip and the taxiways, but we also have a terminal. That is a bit dated, but we would like to upgrade our terminal area to include a nice lounge, maybe a café so we’d like to work on those improvements. Our parking lot needs some more done," said Supervisor Peggy Price of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors District 3. 

Supervisor Price says the planning phase will begin as soon as the County finds out when the funds arrive.

The Calexico International Airport also got a grant from the FAA.