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  • Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
    • Benefit-Cost Analysis
    • Small Community Air Service Pilot Program
  • Airports News & Events
  • Airport Obligations
  • Airports Resources
  • Airport Safety
  • Construction On or Near Airports
  • Environmental Program
  • Passenger Facility Charge (PFC)
  • Planning & Capacity
  • About Airports

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• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Small Community Air Service Pilot Program

Data, Tools, and Resources

• AIP-F&E Relationship Presentation (MS PowerPoint, 864 KB)

Contact Us

• Send a message to our Airport Improvement Program Specialist

Related Information

• Airport Improvement Program (AIP) - Improper Payments (PDF, 52 KB)
• FAA Office of Civil Rights
• OMB Grants Management
  • OMB Circular A-133 - Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations
• Reimbursable Agreements Order (Draft) (MS Word, 150 KB)

FAA Forms

Preapplications

Subject/Title	Number	Miscellaneous
Preapplication Package for Construction Projects (MS Word, 338 KB)	SF-424	with attachments
Preapplication Package for Planning Projects (MS Word, 182 KB)	SF-424	with attachments
Part IV Program Narrative (MS Word)

Applications

Subject/Title	Number	Miscellaneous
Application for Federal Assistance (MS Word)	SF-424
Application Package for Construction Projects (MS Word, 864 KB)	SF-424	with attachments
Application Package for Planning Projects (MS Word, 535 KB)	SF-424	with attachments
Airport Sponsor Assurances (MS Word)
Title VI Sponsor Checklist (MS Word)
State Sponsorship Agreement (MS Word)
National Airport Improvement Program Forms

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National Policy and Guidance

• Overview: What is AIP & What Airports/Projects are Eligible?
• Acquiring Land for Airports and Relocation Assistance
• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Grant Assurances for the AIP
• Letter of Intent (LOI) Program
• Military Airport Program (MAP)
• Procurement and Contracting Under AIP

Advisory Circulars (ACs)

• Series 150 AC Library
• AIP ACs
• AC Checklist for AIP and PFC Projects (3/21/2007) (PDF)
  • See also Obstruction Marking and Lighting, AC 70/7460-1

Data, Tools, & Resources

• AIP Grant/Apportionment Data
• AIP Grant Histories
• Airport Acronyms
• Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP)
• FAA Acquisition System Toolset (FAST)
• NPIAS Airports (2009-2013) (MS Excel) (10/1/2008)
• Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) & All-Cargo Data

Guidance & Policy

• AIP Handbook (Order 5100.38)
  • AIP Program Guidance Letters (PGLs)
• Assessment of Innovative Financing Options for the AIP (PDF)
• Best Practices
  • ACC/FAA Best Practices, 2008 (PDF, 1.21 MB) (7/8/2008)
  • Bulletin 1: Best Practices-Surface Access To Airports (PDF)
    • Appendix: Notice of Policy Regarding the Eligibility of Airport Ground Access Transportation Projects for Funding Under the Passenger Facility Charge Program (PDF)
• Land Options Used in Federally Funded Airport Projects (PDF)
• Orders

Publications & Forms

• Federal Register Notices
• Forms
• Reports
  • AIP Annual Reports
  • National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
• Statutes & Regulations

Related Information on Other Sites

• Impact of Air Carriers Emerging From Bankruptcy on Hub Airports, Airport Systems, and U.S. Capital Markets (PDF)

FAA Forms

Airport Improvement Program
Subject/Title	Number	Other Formats	Notes
Application for Federal Assistance (9/2003) (PDF)	SF 424	MS Word	Application for Federal Assistance Instructions with form
Application for Development Projects (Parts II-IV) (PDF)	5100-100		Continuation of SF 424 for application for land, development, and equipment projects Instructions Part II A & C Part III A - E Part IV
Application for Planning Projects (Parts II-IV) (PDF)	5100-101		Continuation of SF 424 for application for planning projects only Instructions Part II Part III A - F Part IV
Quarterly Performance Report (MS Word)			Form for submitting mandatory quarterly reports. See Par. 1221c of the AIP Handbook (PDF, 1.11 MB).