GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is receiving two grants worth $5.5 million to reconstruct ram for the reconstruction of the runway touchdown zones.
The money comes from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Officials say the touchdown zones are where aircraft make contact with the runway on landing and receive the most wear and tear of any pavement on the airfield.
The airport will spend $12 million to improve the airport for commercial, general aviation and military flights. The National Guard Bureau is contributing $6 million toward the project.
Military operations at Gulfport-Biloxi Airport account for 43 percent of landings and takeoffs at the airport.
The contracts for construction are expected to be awarded in June. The construction will begin in July and is expected to be complete by the end of 2014.
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