The airports in Henderson and Boulder City have won federal funding for their air traffic control towers.

U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, said the Federal Aviation Administration awarded a total of $2.33 million for the two Southern Nevada airports.

For Henderson Executive Airport, $800,000 will go toward improvements to the existing tower. The other $1.53 million will go to the construction of a tower at Boulder City Municipal Airport.

"This funding is a major step toward improving general aviation in Southern Nevada," Titus said in a statement. "General aviation will be safer and more convenient for the thousands of people who travel here to experience everything the Las Vegas Valley has to offer."

The city of Boulder City owns and operates its airport, while the Clark County Department of Aviation oversees Henderson Executive Airport.