KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) – Kearney Regional Airport has unofficially reached the threshold for $1 million in federal safety grant funding.
Airport Manager Jim Lynaugh said that the airport had good numbers in January, February and March, so he  expected to surpass the figure needed: 10,000 departures.
Grand Island reports that it expected to reach a record  45,000 departures.
Officials at North Platte Regional Airport and Western Nebraska Regional Airport in Scottsbluff say their airports would be falling short of the 10,000 needed for the funding. Kearney landed under that figure last year but reached it in 2007, 2008 and 2009.