By Associated Press - Saturday, May 17, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration is giving the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport $4.6 million to rehabilitate runway touchdown zones at the airport.

The discretionary grant was announced Friday.

The new money comes a week after the FAA announced $4.8 million in grants to 14 Mississippi airports to improve safety and operations.

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Airports at Bay St. Louis, Belzoni, Belmont, Clarksdale, Columbia, Columbus, Corinth, the Golden Triangle, Grenada, Houston, Lexington, Madison, Okolona and Starkville received those Airport Improvement Program grants.

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