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FAA grant to make airport terminal less costly

Back in May, when Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport officials made a proposal to the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation asking for $1.2 million over 30 years to help service the debt on the airport’s $35 million terminal construction project, some GBIC board members were reluctant to commit at that level, saying it could keep GBIC from investing in other, unnamed future projects.

Airport head says land acquisition for runway extension will be fair

Reactions ran the gamut at a public meeting last month for residents whose property the city wants to acquire to extend the main runway at Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport.

Airport wins FAA grant; New terminal construction project nets $12.7 million

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport for a $12.7 million grant to go toward construction of a new, 85,000-square-foot terminal building to the replace the current outdated facility.

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport talks about new marketing campaign

Bryant Walker wants to have a talk with the airlines.

The director of the BrownsvilleSouthPadre IslandInternationalAirport, during a discussion of the airport’s new marketing campaign, noted that some airlines not currently serving Brownsville still print “South Padre Island” on passenger tickets.

Study projects big lift from airport expansion

A new, larger terminal building for the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport terminal would result in a “significant economic impact on the economy in Cameron County,” according to a new study from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Division of Research, Innovation and Economic Development, Data and Information Systems Center.

Airport seeks higher profile

BROWNSVILLE — Bryant Walker wants to have a talk with the airlines.

The director of the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, during a discussion of the airport’s new marketing campaign, noted that some airlines not currently serving Brownsville still print “South Padre Island” on passenger tickets.

Ground broken for new Brownsville airport terminal

After more than two years of planning for a new terminal building at the Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport, officials gathered at the airport for a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning.

Plans for New Airport Terminal at Brownsville-SPI Airport Underway

BROWNSVILLE – The Brownsville-South Padre Island airport is undergoing renovations worth $27 million. Airport director Bryant Walker said there are plans for a new terminal. The current terminal was built in the 1970s.