Airport Infrastructure Grants

This Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 20.117 was created in August 2025 included in the previous ALN 20.106, please refer to former ALN 20.106 for all FY 2024, FY 2025 (including any prior years) for any Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) financial obligations. DOT FAA will start using the new Assistance Listing 20.117 for AIG only at the start of FY 2026. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has several strategic goals: Safety, People, Global Leadership, and Operational excellence. The FAA Office of Airports (ARP) grant programs described in this listing contribute to these goals, as outlined in the FAA Annual Summary of Performance and Financial Information. The ARP mission is planning and developing a safe and efficient national airports system to satisfy the safety needs of the public and aviation interests of the U.S., with considerations for economics, environmental mitigation, local proprietary rights, and safeguarding the public investment. As an important component of that mission, ARP provides financial assistance to airports nationwide through grants. These grants contribute to the objective of maintaining and optimizing airport and runway safety, capacity, efficiency, financial responsibility, and environmental mitigation. The program objective of this listing is to assist sponsors, owners, or operators of public-use airports in the development of a nationwide system of airports adequate to meet the needs of civil aeronautics. The purpose of the various laws applicable to this program includes the investment in transportation, environmental mitigation,...

States, counties, municipalities, U.S. Territories and possessions, and other public agencies including an Indian tribe or pueblo, the Republics of the Marshall Islands and Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia are eligible for airport development grants if the airport on which the development is required is listed in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Certain local government organizations may be eligible for grants to implement noise planning and compatibility projects. Private owners of public-use reliever airports or airports having at least 2,500 passengers boarding annually and receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service may also be eligible. Eligible airports are included in the NPIAS. Airports in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam) are included in the NPIAS and are eligible. Airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and Midway Island are not included in the NPIAS. This includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use NPIAS airport, and outside of NPIAS: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island Airport.

Statutory Formula: Title Title 49 U.S. Code, Subtitle VII, Part B, Chapter 471, Subchapter I, Part Subpart� 47114-Apportionments, Part Part B, Subpart Subpart � 47114 - Apportionments,Public Law 117-58.Title 49 U.S. Code, Subtitle VII, Part B, Chapter 471, Subchapter I, Part Subpart� 47114-Apportionments. Public Law 117-58. IIJA AIG have entitlement programs based on formulas as well as discretionary grants. For IIJA, formulas are based on 49 USC �47114 (c)(1) and 49 USC �47114 (c)(2), with some additional nuances and exceptions as outlined in the IIJA FAQ on this FAA website: https://www.faa.gov/iija Matching Requirements: Percent- Other For AIP and IIJA AIG allocations the local match is normally between 5% and 25% and is determined by a variety of factors provided for by legislation. Matching requirements are mandatory. Cost-sharing Typical Federal Share: AIG funds typically...