Airport Improvement Program (AIP)

Funding for Airport Planning and Development

• 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

Contact Us

• Airport Improvement Program Branch
• Financial Analysis and Passenger Facility Charge Branch

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

Regional Supplemental Guidance

• Alaskan (AK)
• Central (IA, KS, MO, NE)
• Eastern (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV)
• Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI)
• New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
• Northwest Mountain (CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY)
• Southern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, PR, SC, TN, VI)
• Southwest (AR, LA, NM, OK, TX)
• Western-Pacific (AZ, CA, HI, NV)

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