Nearly $1 million for Pullman airport

PULLMAN-The Pullman/Moscow Regional Airport has been awarded a $951,779 grant from the FAA. The Airport Improvement Program grant will be used to construct a terminal building. The federal funds are part $300 million granted to airports nationwide. In Washington state, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was the only other airport to receive Airport Improvement Program funding.

Airports are entitled to a certain amount of Airport Improvement Program funding each year, based on passenger volume. If their capital project needs exceed their available entitlement funds, then the FAA can suppl...