FAA adds funding for $300M Memphis airport project
The FAA announced $31 million more for a planned facility to de-ice planes, like this procedure at the Albany International Airport in Colonie, N.Y., on Dec. 2, 2019. (Hans Pennink/AP)
A $31 million Federal Aviation Administration grant announced Thursday for Memphis International Airport’s new de-icing facility brought to $98 million the FAA’s grants announced for MEM in September.
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