FAA grants to pay for airport improvements

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport is receiving $1 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to design a new terminal building.

The existing 8,785 square foot terminal facility is 31 years old serves 21% of the needed space for 2019, according to airport officials. It was designed to accommodate a single 38-passenger plane under pre-9/11 security requirements.

The airport is looking to build a new terminal facility with more than 40,000 square-feet to accommodate the 70,000 pre-COVID passengers it served annually. It's predicted to serve 145,000 by 2030.

The new terminal facility is projected to cost $49.2 million to construct. Paying for the new facility is dependent on grants from the FAA from 2019 through 2022 to deliver $42 million, according to airport documents. An additional $6 million is needed to build the apron.

Several airports in Eastern Washington received FAA grants:

• Electric City received $333,333 for weather reporting equipment

• Ione received $104,707 for improving a safety area

• Moses Lake received $333,333 for airplane rescue and firefighting equipment

• Odessa received $111,111 to construct an apron

• Walla Walla received $1.3 million to construct a snow removal equipment building