Each of the strips will receive $150,000 in grants designed to assist operators of facilities in remote and very remote parts of Australia to enhance safety and all-weather access, particularly in areas where road access is unavailable or unreliable.

Other round eight beneficiaries in North Queensland include the Cook Shire Council, which will receive $371,800 to reseal the runway at Coen, $358,685 for the Mornington Shire Council, $124,500 for the Burke Shire Council to upgrade lighting at Burketown and Gregory, and to Aboriginal councils at Palm Island, Pormpuraaw, and Aurukun.

In southern Queensland the Maranoa Regional Council will receive $215,000 to help fix the apron and taxiway at Mitchell, the Bulloo Shire has been granted $154,000 for fencing at Thargomindah, and there's $148,163 for the Diamantina Shire to get work done on the Bedourie strip.

The Boulia Shire will benefit to the tune of $136,340 for crack repairs and fencing, and the Paroo Shire will use $149,480 to improve the airstrip at Yowah.

Charters Towers mayor Frank Beveridge, who hosted Agriculture Minister David Littleproud and Senator Susan McDonald last week, said the improvements were important to servicing the Greenvale and Pentland communities.

"These grants will see us able to enhance the safety and accessibility of the aerodromes," he said.

"We will be able to replace runway solar lighting, provide kangaroo-proof perimeter fencing, remove trees, and install marker cones.

"We will also improve the all year-round all-weather access to the Greenvale and Pentland communities."

Senator Susan McDonald said for people in remote areas, planes weren't just a convenience, but rather a matter of life and death.

"Upgrades like this mean that north west Queensland residents will have increased access to essential services such as healthcare and medical supplies," she said. "They also mean food and materials can be flown in when roads are cut."