$700,000 State Grant for Infrastructure Improvements at Beverly Municipal Airport

The Department of Transportation recently announced that it will award the City of Beverly with a $714,600 grant for critical infrastructure improvements at the Beverly Municipal Airport.

The grant will enable the Beverly Municipal Airport to make a number of important infrastructure upgrades:

• Installing a new taxiway lighting system on Taxiway B
• replacing taxiway reflectors on Taxiway D in order to enhance safe airfield operations during low visibility conditions. •
• Installing a precision approach path indicators (PAPIs) for both the Runway 9 and 27 approaches. The new runway visual guidance system will make the airport more accessible to pilots by providing improved approaches to the runway ends. •
• Replacing approximately 23 airfield guidance signs to meet Federal Aviation Administration design standards and to enhance situational awareness for pilots operating on the airfield. The existing signs have reached the end of their useful lives.

Beverly Municipal Airport History

Beverly Municipal Airport was built in 1928 through the efforts of the Beverly Aero Club and the Beverly Chamber of Commerce. Shortly thereafter, the City of Beverly assumed ownership. During World War II the U.S. Navy operated the airport under a joint-use agreement. And, in 1950, the airport was formerly returned to the City of Beverly.

Beverly Municipal Airport is one of 38 airports within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Statistically, one out of every seven municipalities in the state has an airport.