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Issued ground delay programs for the Austin Grand Prix weekend and lifted the Sunday program early on Oct. 26
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lifted its runway-construction ground delay early Monday, Oct. 26, after holding incoming flights through Formula 1 race weekend. Arrivals ran about 24 minutes late on average during the Sunday program, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Updated 13 hours ago
Provided about $16.2 million in grants for the utility project
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport broke ground October 19 on the Utilities Infrastructure Campus-Wide project, the backbone of its Journey With AUS expansion program. The work adds stormwater trunk lines, backup power systems and telecommunications duct banks across the airport property.
Updated 2 days ago
Height-restriction driver of the underground design
ComEd won Illinois Commerce Commission approval on Oct. 22 to bury four high-voltage transmission lines and add a substation near O'Hare. The $319 million set forms a ring linking three substations in Elk Grove Village, Wood Dale and Bensenville, so operators can reroute power when a line fails.
Certifying authority for the Max 10
The Federal Aviation Administration certified Boeing's 737 Max 10 on October 20, 2026, clearing the largest Max for passenger service. The jet seats up to 230 people and, Boeing says, uses 20% less fuel than older single-aisle aircraft.
Updated 4 days ago
Expected to license Flight 15 with return to launch site and a tower catch of both stages, according to SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell
Starship reached orbit for the first time on September 28, 2026, deploying 26 next-generation Starlink satellites. One Raptor 3 engine shut down during the climb, and SpaceX ended the flight early, splashing the ship down in the northern Pacific instead of spending hours in orbit.
Notices keep Runway 22L closed to takeoffs and landings through Nov 13
Runway 22L at Chicago's Midway Airport is closed to takeoffs and landings through mid-November while crews repair the safety bed at its end. Federal Aviation Administration notices put the closure from the evening of October 19 until November 13.
Updated 6 days ago
Determined the Tesla vehicle does not meet its definition of an aircraft
Tesla showed the second-generation Roadster at SpaceX's McGregor, Texas, test site on Oct. 15. The two-seater used a suction system to drive upside down on a ramp, spun in midair and landed on cold gas thrusters. Tesla is taking $50,000 deposits for the Performance version and $250,000 for the Thrust version; the Rocket trim, with a full flight system, is invite-only.
Grant funder
The Federal Aviation Administration has given the City of El Paso two grants for the same project: $15.2 million and $8.7 million, both to rehabilitate the airport apron pavement. Together they fund part of Phase 1, which repaves 60,100 of the 108,000 square yards of existing terminal apron at El Paso International Airport.
Updated Oct 17
Employer negotiating pay and workforce rules
Thousands of federal air traffic controllers are getting a 2.8% pay raise, retroactive to January 1 and effective October 18. In exchange, they'll badge in and out of their facilities — a practice most other federal workers already follow.
Granting agency for the $30.2 million award
The Federal Aviation Administration recorded a $30.2 million grant to the Port of Seattle on September 3, 2026, funding Phase 4 of the Concourse S reconstruction at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The work covers 30,000 of 86,000 square feet of aging terminal space. The airport moves about 53 million travelers a year.
Updated Oct 15
Grantor; oversees airport grants through its Texas Airports Division Office
San Antonio International Airport's underground storm drains have outlived their usefulness. The Federal Aviation Administration on Sept. 25 announced a record $43.25 million in grants to the airport, including $40.97 million to rebuild the drains.
Updated Oct 14
Grant provider
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority $15 million to soundproof homes near San Diego International Airport. The grant, recorded on September 17, 2026, will fund noise mitigation measures for up to 400 residences exposed to aircraft noise between 65 and 69 decibels.
Updated Oct 13
Funding source for the noise mitigation grant
Homes near Madison's airport are in line for sound insulation. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has obligated $4.7 million to Dane County to start a noise mitigation program for residences in the airport's 65-69 DNL noise zone.
Updated Oct 11
Grantor of Airport Terminal Program funds
The Federal Aviation Administration has committed $90 million to build Concourse B at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the largest award in the five-year history of its Airport Terminal Program. The money funds phase two of the 860,810-square-foot midfield concourse, which will add 26 gates to an airport that has run over capacity for years.
Updated Oct 10
Grant awarding agency
Chesterfield County Airport has secured $4.9 million in federal funding to extend runway 15/33 by 800 feet. The Federal Aviation Administration awarded the money in mid-September 2026 as part of a $1.1 billion nationwide airport grant package, covering part of Phase 7 of the airport's expansion.
Updated Oct 8
Funder of the grant
Runway 9R/27L at Detroit Metropolitan Airport has reached the end of its useful life, and the Federal Aviation Administration has put $21.3 million toward rebuilding it. The September 16 award covers the first 2,400 feet of the 8,500-foot runway; the remaining 6,100 feet still needs funding.
Updated Oct 7
Grant award agency; regulator of US civil aviation
The Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority has been awarded $9 million in federal funding to rebuild aging taxiways and extend a fourth at Grand Rapids' airport. The money, recorded September 15 on USAspending.gov, comes from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Updated Oct 5
Funder of the apron project
The North Cargo Apron at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport has reached the end of its useful life. On September 15, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration obligated $14.9 million to rebuild it.
Funder of the runway rehabilitation grant
The Federal Aviation Administration has committed $18.8 million to the final phase of a runway rehabilitation at Philadelphia International Airport. The money will lay the surface course pavement, groove the surface, and finish drainage, shoulders, and markings on 10,000 feet of Runway 9R/27L.
Updated Oct 4
Granting agency
The Federal Aviation Administration has committed $17.6 million to the City of Philadelphia for the final phase of a terminal reconstruction at Philadelphia International Airport. The money expands the baggage makeup systems in Terminals D and E, where workers sort and load checked luggage onto planes.
Funding agency; awarded grant through Airport Improvement Program
The Federal Aviation Administration recorded a $6 million grant to the Peninsula Airport Commission on September 11. The money will rebuild part of the main taxiway at Newport News-Williamsburg Airport (PHF) — 1,400 feet, one slice of a 6,250-foot project.
Updated Oct 3
Funding agency
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has committed $21.4 million to the City of Chicago to rehabilitate about 4,750 feet of taxiway pavement at Chicago's airports. The money covers the final construction phase for taxiways S, S1, S2, and S3.
Updated Sep 29
Grantor
About 1,360 homes under the flight paths around Los Angeles International Airport are in line for new sound insulation. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) obligated $22.8 million on September 15, with the city's airport authority handling the work.
Funding agency for the grant
Chicago's airports are getting $47.9 million in federal money to build new taxiways. The Federal Aviation Administration obligated the grant on September 14, and it will fund 2,627 feet of new Taxiway T and Taxiway R.
Updated Sep 28
Grant-making agency
Charlotte Douglas International Airport received $28 million in federal money to replace 230,000 square feet of terminal roofing and five air handling units that have outlived their useful service. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) obligated the funds on September 11, 2026, through its Airport Terminal Program—a competitive grant pool created by the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Updated Sep 26
Grantor of the $14.5 million award
The Federal Aviation Administration has committed $14.5 million to San Francisco International Airport to begin fixing Taxiway B, the strip of pavement planes use to move between runways and gates. The award record says it funds the first phase: design and construction of 2,225 feet of the 4,825-foot taxiway.
Updated Sep 25
Grant funding authority
San Diego International Airport is getting $30.3 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin building a new 44,000-square-foot terminal. The grant covers the first 7,000 square feet of construction.
Updated Sep 24
The Federal Aviation Administration awarded San Jose $3.4 million to replace the apron lighting at Terminal A and Terminal B of San Jose International Airport. The lighting has reached the end of its useful life, and the project will reconstruct it to current standards.
Funding source for the grant
Norfolk International Airport is in the middle of its biggest renovation since the main terminal went up in 1974. A new $7.9 million federal grant funds the final construction phase: a 1,400-foot taxiway to a new cargo area, plus rebuilding 3,500 feet of the terminal entrance road.
Updated Sep 23
Funding and oversight authority
Grand Rapids' Gerald R. Ford International Airport received $6 million in federal money to rebuild Concourse B, the terminal section used by four airlines and eight gates. The Federal Aviation Administration recorded the award September 4, and the airport authority will reconstruct 37,100 square feet of concourse that has reached the end of its useful life.
Updated Sep 22
Funding source via Airport Improvement Program
The McNamara Terminal opened at Detroit Metro Airport in 2002 with 97 gates. Its boarding bridges, now about a quarter-century old, are reaching the end of their useful life.
Operating SMART at pilot airports
Air traffic controllers at three Washington-area airports started using an artificial-intelligence tool Monday that predicts where congestion will form before delays hit. The system, called SMART for Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories, analyzes weather at flying altitudes, airline schedules, and live flight paths in real time.
Updated Sep 21
Funding source
Los Angeles International Airport is getting $289.3 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to build a new access road that separates airport traffic from the gridlock on Sepulveda Boulevard. The award funds Phase 3 of a 17,410-foot roadway serving Terminals 1-8 and B, covering construction of 7,955 feet.
Updated Sep 17
Funding agency distributing Airport Infrastructure Grants
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Fresno $1.9 million to repave 3,627 feet of runway 12/30 at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The grant pays for the final construction phase of a project meant to keep the pavement structurally sound and stop loose debris from damaging aircraft.
Updated Sep 12
Grant provider via the Airport Terminal Program
San Antonio International Airport is building an 850,000-square-foot terminal with 18 new gates, its largest expansion in decades. The city just received $10 million in federal funds to install the baggage handling system, phase six of the project.
Provided $14.5 million grant to City of Fresno for airport runway work
The Federal Aviation Administration has obligated $14.5 million to the City of Fresno for reconstruction of Runway 11L/29R at Fresno Yosemite International Airport. The award funds Phase 2 of a project to rebuild 9,539 feet of pavement that has reached the end of its useful life—1,521 feet of construction in this round.
Updated Sep 11
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded the Wayne County Airport Authority $9.8 million to rebuild and extend the terminal access road at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The grant covers Phase 2, which adds a new off-ramp and connector road to a different terminal and rehabilitates 4,050 feet of existing pavement.
Proposing the medical certification rule change
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a rule on September 4 that would let pilots with non-insulin dependent diabetes get medical certificates from examiners at the time of their exam, instead of waiting months for FAA headquarters review. The regulatory language requiring that review dates to 1959.
Updated Sep 5
Grantor of Airport Improvement Program funds
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) is getting $9.1 million in federal money to rebuild a taxiway that has reached the end of its useful life. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) obligated the funds on August 19, 2026, for phase 3 of the Taxiway Bravo reconstruction. The phase covers 1,640 feet of the 7,275-foot taxiway.
Updated Sep 1
Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas is getting $21.6 million in federal money to tear down and rebuild its aircraft rescue and firefighting building. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) obligated the grant on Aug. 19, 2026, through its Airport Improvement Program.
Administrator of Airport Improvement Program
DFW Airport won an $8 million federal grant to rebuild two restrooms in Terminal E. It's a small piece of a $2.7 billion modernization effort that has been reshaping the airport since 2017.
Updated Aug 31
Funder of the grant through the Airport Improvement Program
The federal government has committed $15.8 million to rebuild 20 passenger boarding bridges at Dallas Love Field. The equipment has reached the end of its useful life, the grant record says.
Awarding agency for the grant
The federal government has committed $80.5 million to build a 122,200-square-yard aircraft parking apron on the west side of Denver International Airport. Denver will bill the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for eligible costs as construction proceeds; the award is an obligation, not cash in hand.
Updated Aug 29
Regulator approving drone flight rules
Order a bottle of vitamins or a phone charger in one of a few US towns, and a drone drops it in your yard within 30 minutes. Amazon now wants that in nearly 500 cities and towns by the end of 2026, up from 11 metro areas today.
Updated Aug 19
Regulator issuing drone air-carrier licenses
DoorDash spent years handing your burrito to a driver. Now it wants to hand it to a drone it built itself. On July 31, 2026, the company said it won an FAA air-carrier license and will begin flying its own delivery drones this fall.
Updated Aug 5
Cleared BOHR under the U.S. nuclear space launch approval process
For decades, only governments could fly nuclear power in space. BOHR, a cubesat built by Florida company City Labs, launched July 7 on SpaceX's Transporter-17 and is now in orbit, entering commissioning.
Updated Jul 8
Licensing authority for the launches
SpaceX launched its first Starfall capsule from Cape Canaveral on June 23, 2026. The disk-shaped vehicle is built to bring up to 1,000 kilograms of cargo back from orbit and splash down in the Pacific. Until now, returning material from space meant small capsules carrying dozens of kilograms.
Updated Jun 23
Key bottleneck in onshore wind permitting
For nearly a decade, wind and solar power kept getting cheaper. That streak has broken. As of the first quarter of 2026, the average US solar power purchase agreement costs $64.49 per megawatt-hour and the average wind contract costs $79.40 per megawatt-hour. Both are the highest figures LevelTen Energy has recorded since it began indexing the market in 2018, with wind prices up roughly 24 percent and solar up more than 13 percent year over year.
Updated May 31
Shifted from hard production cap to performance-based oversight of Boeing
Boeing has burned cash every year since 2018. On Wednesday it reported a first-quarter adjusted loss of 20 cents per share — four times smaller than Wall Street's expected 83-cent loss — with $22.22 billion in revenue. CEO Kelly Ortberg told investors the company sees a path to roughly $3 billion in free cash flow for the full year.
Overseeing air traffic control review; issued statement on the incident
Late Sunday night, an Air Canada Express jet landing at New York's LaGuardia struck a Port Authority fire truck on an active runway, killing both pilots—Captain Antoine Forest, 30, and First Officer MacKenzie Gunther. Forty-one of the 76 people aboard were hospitalized, including a flight attendant ejected from her seat while strapped in. The airport shut down for 14 hours, canceling more than 600 flights.
Updated May 30
Imposed ground delays and ground stops at major Northeast airports
A nor'easter developed into a bomb cyclone on February 22-23, 2026, burying the Interstate 95 corridor from Philadelphia to Boston under 1 to 2 feet of heavy, wet snow. In parts of New Jersey, totals exceeded 2 feet; Lyndhurst received 30.7 inches while New York City got 19 inches on February 24.
Updated May 29
Administering final year of IIJA airport grant programs
For five years, the largest airport-funding program in American history pumped roughly $3 billion a year into runways, terminals, and taxiways at more than 3,300 airports. In December 2025, the FAA released the final round: $2.89 billion in Airport Infrastructure Grant allocations for 2026 and approximately $1 billion for the last Airport Terminal Program competition, with no successor program planned.
Administering final year of five-year IIJA tower grant program
For decades, small and regional airports have relied on aging control towers from the 1960s and 1970s, receiving limited federal help for upgrades. On January 21, 2026, the FAA opened a grant window offering up to $120 million at 100% federal cost for tower reconstruction and remote tower construction.
Reopened Part 108 comment period January 28 – February 11, 2026; expected to finalize rule by mid-March 2026; facing pressure to impose stricter safety oversight before finalization
For nearly a decade, every U.S. commercial drone operator wanting to fly beyond a pilot's line of sight needed an individual FAA waiver — a slow, bespoke process that capped the industry at small pilot programs. On August 7, 2025, the FAA proposed Part 108: a new, standardized framework for routine beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations replacing individual waivers. In January 2026, the FAA reopened the comment period for 14 days (closing February 11, 2026) to refine the rule before finalizing it in March 2026.
Approving rate increases one step at a time
Boeing's 737 factory in Renton, Washington has spent 28 months under a federal speed limit. On Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it could go a little faster — from 42 jets a month to 47.
Updated May 27
Implementing reforms under intense scrutiny
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded its investigation into the January 2025 collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River—the deadliest U.S. aviation accident since 2001. All 67 people aboard both aircraft died, including 28 members of the figure skating community returning from a national development camp. The NTSB found the crash was '100% preventable' and issued 50 safety recommendations, with 32 directed at the Federal Aviation Administration.
Updated May 23
Finalizing BVLOS drone rules
Zipline spent eight years delivering blood to remote Rwandan clinics before Americans could order lunch from one of its drones. Now the company has crossed 2 million commercial deliveries—more than every competitor combined—and raised $600 million in January 2026 to bring its autonomous aircraft to Houston and Phoenix. At a $7.6 billion valuation, Zipline's strategy is proving the drone delivery market by starting where regulation permitted, then scaling into U.S. consumer markets.
Updated May 22
Publishes the annual GA Safety Fact Sheet and certifies safety equipment
In 1994, small planes in the United States killed people at a rate of 1.81 fatal accidents per 100,000 flight hours. Three decades later, the rate has fallen by more than half.
Under pressure to close Part 135 weight-and-balance loophole
Ten people died when Bering Air Flight 445 crashed onto Norton Sound sea ice on February 6, 2025. The Cessna 208B was 1,058 pounds overweight for icing—a fact crash investigators discovered because the FAA doesn't require single-engine commuter operators to keep load manifests.
Updated May 19
Sets the licensing and corrective-action bar that determines whether cadence is real
On December 20, 2025, Blue Origin flew New Shepard NS-37—and a line quietly snapped. Michaela "Michi" Benthaus became the first wheelchair user to cross the Kármán line, float free in microgravity, and come home safely.
Updated May 15
Owner/operator of the National Airspace System; committing near-term funding and deadlines
The FAA is no longer talking about “modernization” like it’s a distant science project. In a House hearing, Administrator Bryan Bedford said the agency will commit $6 billion by the end of 2025 to upgrade ATC telecom networks and radar surveillance, with a target deployment date of 2028.
Primary safety regulator for Boeing aircraft; imposes MAX groundings and oversight
On December 8, 2025, Boeing completed its $4.7 billion acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems, valuing the deal at about $8.3 billion including debt. The transaction reversed a 2005 spin‑off that created the world's largest independent aerostructures supplier.
Updated May 10
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