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Chattanooga, Atlanta airports getting funds as FAA doles out $1 billion for terminals, upgrades

FILE - Flags of countries of the world hang over an empty Terminal E, at Logan Airport in Boston, Sept. 29, 2020. The Biden administration says it will spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade airports around the country. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the money will go to 85 different airports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
FILE - Flags of countries of the world hang over an empty Terminal E, at Logan Airport in Boston, Sept. 29, 2020. The Biden administration says it will spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade airports around the country. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the money will go to 85 different airports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) FILE - Flags of countries of the world hang over an empty Terminal E, at Logan Airport in Boston, Sept. 29, 2020. The Biden administration says it will spend nearly $1 billion to upgrade airports around the country. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the money will go to 85 different airports. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

By Staff and wire reports 4 min read

The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, including $40 million for Atlanta’s Hartsfield Airport to help expand a cramped concourse D.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the projects will help meet future demand for travel and make flying safer and more efficient.

“I don’t think anybody could look at airports across America today and say that the existing system and existing levels of funding have been adequate,” Buttigieg told reporters.

The grants announced Thursday are the first installment of $5 billion for airport projects that were included in an infrastructure bill that Congress approved and President Joe Biden signed last November.

The largest of the Federal Aviation Administration grants include $60 million to improve the terminal and replace the bag-handling system at Denver International Airport, $50 million apiece for Boston’s Logan Airport and Orlando International Airport in Florida, $49.6 million for Dulles Airport outside Washington, D.C., to build a new concourse and $20 million for Pittsburgh International Airport to build a new terminal next to the old one.