The Federal Aviation Administration is sending more than 70 million dollars ($70,467,304) to 79 airports in Iowa as part of the federal coronavirus relief.  Stuart Anderson with the Iowa Department of Transportation says the money is designed to help airports deal with the drop in flights brought on by the virus outbreak.

Des Moines will receive a little more than 23 million dollars and Cedar Rapids is getting 22-point-eight million.  Anderson says the money will come directly from the F-A-A.

Here’s the list of airports and the amount of money they will receive:

Ames Municipal   $69,000

Ankeny Regional   $69,000

Grinnell Regional GGI $30,000

Iowa Falls Municipal $30,000

Marshalltown Municipal $30,000

Newton Municipal-Earl Johnson Field $30,000