Carteret County-Beaufort Airport Authority receives nearly $200K in unused federal funds

Tanks for Michael J. Smith Field Airport’s new fuel farm sit near the parking lot of the facility in Beaufort. The airport will receive almost $200,000 in excess federal funds to help pay off the project, which was completed earlier this year. (Elise Clouser photo)

BEAUFORT — The Carteret County-Beaufort Airport Authority will receive nearly $200,000 in additional federal funds to go toward paying off the newly installed fuel farm at the Michael J. Smith Field in Beaufort.

The airport completed construction in March on its first permanent fuel farm, a service that was previously provided by the airport’s contracted fixed-based operator. The project totaled more than $1 million and is being paid for entirely by federal Non-Primary Entitlement funds, which are distributed to airports by the Federal Aviation Administration for airfield development projects.

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