Roseburg Regional Airport Included In Statewide $27 Million Federal Airport Investment

ROSEBURG, Ore. - Roseburg Regional Airport is among more than two dozen airports across Oregon set to benefit from a new round of federal transportation funding, with the local airport receiving $465,789 for airfield improvements.

The Roseburg award will be used to rehabilitate about 27,555 square yards of apron pavement and 5,003 feet of paved runway, according to the project list released as part of the statewide funding package.

In all, Oregon airports are set to receive more than $27 million through funding distributed by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The money is earmarked for a wide mix of projects across the state, including runway and taxiway repairs, terminal expansion work, lighting replacements, weather systems, hangars, fuel facilities and other safety-related upgrades.

Although Roseburg’s share is modest compared with some of the largest awards, the investment still puts the local airport into a major statewide infrastructure push affecting airports in southern, central, coastal and eastern Oregon.

The largest grant in the package is going to Mahlon Sweet Field in Eugene, which is receiving about $6.24 million to rebuild 21,177 square feet of terminal Concourse A and add nearly 9,893 square feet of new space. The project also includes interior renovations, restroom rehabilitation, and HVAC and mechanical upgrades.

Other major awards announced across Oregon include:

• Roberts Field in Redmond - $3.45 million to expand the terminal by 131,283 square feet
• Mulino State Airport - about $3.18 million for resealing hangar taxilane pavement, tiedown apron pavement, runway pavement, and expanding a non-exclusive-use hangar by 10,500 square feet
• Grants Pass Airport - $2.67 million for guidance signs, taxiway edge lighting, a runway extension, runway end identifier lights, precision approach path indicator systems, and taxiway extension work
• Rogue Valley International Airport in Medford - $2 million to rebuild and rehabilitate apron pavement and update pavement planning documents
• Brookings Airport - $947,435 for runway lighting, a rotating beacon, precision approach path indicator system, runway end identifier lights and new wind cone navigational aids
• Albany Municipal Airport - $850,000 to reseal the runway and rebuild runway end identifier lights
• Joseph State Airport - $800,254 for a new automated weather observing system and runway and taxiway pavement resealing
• Southwest Oregon Regional Airport in North Bend - $760,000 to build a runway safety area
• Condon State Pauling Field - $687,235 for layout plan updates and multiple pavement resealing projects
• Corvallis Municipal Airport - $600,000 to reseal 7,200 linear feet of taxiway pavement
• Ashland Municipal Airport - $534,000 for taxilane and runway pavement work
• Oregon Department of Aviation - $500,000 to update the regional airport system plan and pavement management documents
• Chiloquin State Airport - $490,224 for apron and runway resealing
• Lebanon State Airport - $439,810 for taxiway and runway pavement resealing
• Burns Municipal Airport - $389,504 to construct a new 1,600-square-foot snow removal equipment building
• Astoria Regional Airport - $360,000 to extend taxiways by 1,350 feet
• Gold Beach Municipal Airport - $326,774 for runway and taxiway resealing
• Ontario Municipal Airport - $300,000 to build a new helipad
• Baker City Municipal Airport - $300,000 to rebuild 500 feet of airport access road
• Prineville Airport - $300,000 for runway rehabilitation
• Crater Lake/Klamath Regional Airport - $285,000 for apron rehabilitation
• Ken Jernstedt Airfield in Hood River - $220,000 for taxiway and apron improvements
• Grant County Regional Airport in John Day - $171,760 to build a new fuel farm with 15,000-gallon AvGas and 15,000-gallon Jet A tanks, self-service pumps and associated pavement
• Hermiston Municipal Airport - $150,000 to rebuild the precision approach path indicator system
• McNary Field in Salem - $124,678 to update the airport master plan study
• Christmas Valley Airport - $109,000 to install runway end identifier lights and rebuild 5,200 linear feet of paved runway

Oregon’s congressional delegation said the investments are intended to improve safety, reliability, business access and emergency response capabilities at airports throughout the state. Roseburg’s project is one piece of that larger effort, with local funding directed toward maintaining critical pavement areas used for aircraft operations.