Georgia Airports and the GOP Members Who Voted Against Upgrading Them

President Biden’s historic Bipartisan infrastructure Law will deliver $619 million to improve and modernize Georgia’s airports over the next five years – no thanks to Georgia’s Congressional Republicans, who unanimously opposed this critical funding. Fortunately, thanks to President Biden and Georgia Democrats, this landmark infrastructure package will deliver a once-in-a-generation investment to upgrade our airports, ease our supply chain system, boost our economy, and make travel safer and easier for Georgians.

“Georgia Republicans begrudge and bemoan supply chain issues caused by the pandemic yet tried to stand in the way of improving airports, creating jobs, and boosting local economies in their own congressional districts,” Rhyan Lake, spokeswoman for the Democratic Party of Georgia, said. “Thankfully, Georgia Democrats helped President Biden pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and deliver a historic investment to expand and improve airports across our state, all without raising taxes a single penny for middle-class Georgians. Georgia Republicans’ partisan grandstanding begs the question: Is obstruction the only item on the GOP’s agenda?”

Here are a few of the airports that the Georgia GOP voted against upgrading:

District 1, Representative Buddy Carter: 

Savannah Hilton Head International Airport 

• $5,438,957 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 3 million annual travelers
• $4.2 billion annual economic impact for Georgia

Brunswick Golden Isles Airport

• $1,026,411 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 65,000 annual travelers
• $154,929,900 annual economic impact on Georgia

District 3, Representative Drew Ferguson:

La Grange-Callaway Airport 

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 10,000 annual travelers
• $16.5 million annual economic impact on Georgia

West Georgia Regional Airport

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law 
• 13,759 annual travelers
• $15 million annual economic impact on Georgia

District 8, Representative Austin Scott:

Valdosta Regional Airport

• $1,028,648 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 73,000 annual passengers
• $37 million annual economic impact on Georgia

Berrien County Airport

• $110,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 400 annual travelers
• $500k annual economic impact on Georgia

District 9, Representative Andrew Clyde:

Habersham County Airport

• $159,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 12,000 annual travelers
• $12 million annual impact on Georgia

Blairsville Airport

• $159,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 6,317 annual travelers
• $8.3 million annual economic impact on Georgia

District 10, Representative Jody Hice:

Athens Ben Epps Airport 

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 51,000 annual visitors
• $27,841,600 annual economic impact

Greene County Regional Airport

• $159,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 4,000 annual visitors
• $4.6 million annual economic impact on Georgia

District 11, Representative Barry Loudermilk:

Cherokee County Airport

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 10,809 annual travelers
• $10.5 million annual economic impact on Georgia

Cartersville Airport

• $259,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 21,658 annual travelers
• $113.8 million annual economic impact on Georgia

District 12, Rick Allen:

Augusta Regional Airport

• $2,712,878 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 459,000 annual travelers
• $285.7 million annual economic impact on Georgia

Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 10,000 annual travelers
• $8.9 million annual economic impact on Georgia

District 14, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene:

Dalton Municipal Airport

• $295,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 15,350 annual travelers
• $7,781,800 economic impact on Georgia

Polk County Airport

• $159,000 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
• 2,000 annual travelers
• $2,715,500 annual economic impact on Georgia

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