FAA Issues over $566M in Airport Infrastructure Grants

August 16, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration recently issued 296 grants worth $566.4 million to help fund airport modernization projects in 47 states.

[Above photo by FAA]

That funding comes from the Airport Infrastructure Grants or AIG program, part of the total $25 billion allocated for airport and air traffic control infrastructure improvements within the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in 2021.

The agency noted that AIG funds can be used for airport planning, development, sustainability, terminal expansions, baggage system upgrades, runway safety enhancements and noise compatibility projects at eligible airports.

The AIG program is one of three aviation-focused funding initiatives created by the IIJA. The other two are the Airport Improvement Program or AIP and Airport Terminal Program or ATP.

In a separate funding notice, the FAA issued more than 320 grants worth $636 million on August 9 to support planning, airport safety improvements, airport development, and airport noise reduction initiatives in 46 states and American Samoa.

Those two notices of grant awards are but the most recent airport funding disbursements overseen by the FAA. Other recent notices include:

  • Over $427 million in grants to 245 airport-related infrastructure projects across 39 states via the AIG program and more than $374 million in grants to support airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at 299 airports in 46 states and American Samoa via the AIP in late July.
  • More than $123 million in AIP grants for airfield, safety, and other improvement projects at 235 airports in 35 states and the District of Columbia in early July.
  • In June, the agency awarded $187 million worth of grants to 90 infrastructure projects at 90 airports across 34 states via its AIG program to support improvements such as terminal expansions, baggage system upgrades, and runway safety enhancements.
  • That followed the award of $76.1 million to 45 airport-related infrastructure projects in 22 states via the AIG program in May and $148.3 million in AIG funds to 73 airport-related infrastructure projects in 28 states and Guam in April.
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