1. Director, Bureau of Aviation Multimodal Transportation
38th Annual
Pennsylvania Aviation Conference PennDOT’s Bureau of Aviation Program Overview
Prepared by: Anthony J. McCloskey, P.E.
Director, Bureau of Aviation Multimodal Transportation

2. Overview Grant Program Summary Highlighted Projects in 2017-2018
Bureau Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives

3. Grant Program Summary

4. NPE Funding Returned (1000)
Grant Program Summary
NPE Funding Returned (1000)

5. Grant Program Summary
Apportionment Funding Returned

6. Overview Grant Program Summary Highlighted Projects in 2017-2018
Bureau Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives

7. Quakertown Airport BEFORE picture Capital Budget funded
$300,000 Total Project Cost
Rehabilitate SRE building (repaired damaged wall panels, repaired floor, repainted, updated electrical/lighting, improved access and security)

8. Quakertown Airport
AFTER picture

9. Schuylkill County Airport
DURING picture
Block Grant funded
$707,722 Total Project Cost
Install Perimeter Fence (cleared area, fence material installed, gates installed)
Multi-phased project
Very rocky, hilly terrain with many trees causing difficult access

10. Schuylkill County Airport
AFTER picture

11. Indiana County Airport
The Runway is 5500’ x 100’ with 2” of P-401 and Grip Flex (P-629) was applied to preserve the pavement and included part of the parallel TW at a total cost of $450,000 Capital Budget funding .

12. Indiana County Airport
BEFORE AFTER

13. Lehigh Valley International Airport
Groundbreaking Ceremony on August 21, 2018
Begin Hangar 11 Project
50,000 SF Corporate Hangar/Offices
Complete by Summer 2019
Total Project Cost – Over $16M
PennDOT Capital Budget – Over $6M

14. Lehigh Valley International Airport

15. Lehigh Valley International Airport

16. University Park Airport
Airport Access Road Dedication September 12, 2018
Provide safe public entrance to passenger facility
Additional parking spaces to support airport’s growing passenger base
Total Project Cost - $5.4M
PennDOT Multimodal Aviation - $2.2M
PennDOT PIB Loan - $7.5M

17. Overview Grant Program Summary Highlighted Projects in 2017-2018
Bureau Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives

18. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
FYP Updates – Fall 2018
First Session Completed at Pittsburgh Butler Regional Airport (September 10-14)
Next 4 Sessions:
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (October 2-5)
University Park Airport (October 16-19)
Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (October 22-26)
Lancaster Airport (November 1-9)

19. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
State Block Grant Airport Planning Sessions
Handout - Spending FAA State Block Grant Funding
Bureau Implementing Best Practices
Use or Transfer expiring entitlement funds
Use expiring Apportionment funds

20. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Bureau Best Practices
If Funding expires, Bureau assess airport’s history of entitlement and apportionment expenditures
Bureau may reduce state match percentage
Bureau may reduce number of planned Block Grant projects in FYP

21. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Bureau Best Practices
FAA Report Cards show how Block Grant States are meeting targets for spending FAA funding
Bureau will be providing drawdown targets in each subgrant to a Block Grant Airport
Quarterly Targets/Annual Goals per Year for spending down Block Grant funding
Different targets/goals for different year Block Grant funding
Scorecard Information will be shown on Bureau’s webpage

22. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
For Block Grant Airports
Accountability and Transparency

23. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Bureau Best Practices
By May 1, all planned projects to receive SBG funding for the current FFY should be in “TA in Progress”
By mid-August, all planned projects should be in “Grantee Accepts Agreement”
By mid-December, Bureau must know if State Block Grant Airport will spend expiring FAA funding or transfer

24. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Consultant Performance Evaluations
Bureau will be requiring all SBG airports to evaluate their consultants on a project by project basis
Provides valuable information for future airport consultant selections
Bureau will be evaluating consultants on SBG airport projects
SharePoint will be used for deployment of the evaluations

25. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
JACIP
User group meeting end of September
Focus Areas
Incorporating Act 52 of 2013
Quantify jobs created (Temp/FTE) on airport
Training Needs for Airport Sponsors?

26. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
dotGrants – Master Grant Agreement
Still ongoing
One stop shop
New personnel in PennDOT Office of Chief Counsel
Target – Get signoff by PennDOT Counsel – Dec. 2018
Goal – Use for 2019/2020 Grants
Requires – General Counsel and Office of Attorney General’s Approval
Training will be provided for Airport Sponsors

27. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Airport Authority Board Training
Similar to PennDOT’s Bureau of Public Transportation
Assemble Steering Committee (8-12)
Kickoff Meeting – Late fall/early winter
Objective – Develop pilot full-day instructor-led course
3 Focus Areas
Board Governance
Board Strategy
Performance Management
Complete Pilot Course – Spring 2019

28. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Bureau of Aviation’s Programs and Processes Training
Similar to Aviation 101 (2002)
Assemble Steering Committee (5 airports)
Kickoff Meeting – winter 2018/2019
Objective – Develop classroom training for airport managers
Module-Based (Safety/Planning/Programming/Grants and Funding/DBE/dotGrants/Project Delivery)
Complete Training Course – December 2019

29. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS or Drones)
Finalizing PennDOT Policy
Participating in Statewide UAS Working Group
Provided Testimony for State House Transportation Committee in August 2018

30. Ongoing Efforts/Initiatives
Technology – 3D picture of train station

31. Thank You
Introduce – Staff Present – Please stand up