FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants

Agency: DOT Federal Aviation Administration

20.106 -- Airport Improvement Program, COVID-19 Airports Programs, and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

Description

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for an estimated $1.5 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 discretionary grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), per 49 U.S.C. § 47115. The FAA awards these annually appropriated discretionary funds through the FAA’s long-standing iterative, competitive grant process. Prior to the publication of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the FAA identified eligible applicants in its National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and compiled potentially eligible projects through the 3-year Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP). Both of these processes are described in FAA Order 5090.5, “Formulation of NPIAS and ACIP,” adhering to 49 U.S.C. § 47115, which authorizes discretionary funds. The AIP funds airport capital improvements and rehabilitation projects. All discretionary grant funding is subject to appropriations, statutory requirements, and related program funding availability.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

Other

Government

County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
State governments

Additional information

See the link to the FY 2023 NOFO for eligibility information. For AIP purposes, sponsors are broken down into the specific types show in Table 2-1 of the AIP Handbook. Eligible applicant categories include: a public agency owning (or leasing from another government entity) a public-use airport, a private entity owning a public use airport, and an Indian tribe or pueblo owning or leasing a public-use airport. This is not an all-inclusive list – for additional eligibility categories and further details on each eligible applicant category, see AIP Handbook Table 2-1 in the following weblink: https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/media/AIP-Handbook-Order-5100-38D-Chg1.pdf Per 49 USC § 47105(b)(2), a sponsor must be proposing a project for a public-use airport included in the current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). See this website for further information on NPIAS: https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/

Grantor contact information

Description

Grant applicant communications for the FAA AIP grant program are handled by FAA ARP Regional Offices and Airport District Offices. Refer to the link below to locate the grantor contact information for your geographic location. Please contact your regional office or Airports District Office per this link: https://www.faa.gov/airports/regions/

Email

The FAA website cited lists contacts by Regional Offices and Airports District Offices

https://www.faa.gov/airports/regions/

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

NOFO for FY 2023 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants

Closed: July 14, 2023

Application process

This site is a work in progress. Go to www.grants.gov to apply, track application status, and subscribe to updates.

Award

$1,500,000,000

Program Funding

Expected awards

$25,000

Award Minimum

$50,000,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

FAA-ARP-AIP-G-23-002

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

Category of Funding Activity:

Transportation

Category Explanation:

History

Version:

Posted date:

April 17, 2023

Archive date: