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US Transportation Secretary LaHood announces Safety Grant for Kotzebue, Alaska Airport

Washington, Usa - For USD 15.5 million; work is expected to begin in October and completed in late 2014

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced a $15.5 million federal grant for Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska to expand runway safety areas (RSAs). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant will help improve RSAs at both ends of Runway 9/27, which is the longer of the airport’s two runways. RSAs protect passengers and crew if an aircraft overruns, undershoots, or v...

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Rome, Italy, 09/10/2012 14:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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