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Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
Funds airport planning and development for safety, capacity, security, and environmental concerns at commercial-service, reliever, and general-aviation airports. City-owned airports apply through FAA Regional Office.
Program facts
- Typical award
- $500K – $50M
- Non-federal match
- 10% (approximate)
- Audience
- Cities, towns, counties, and tribal governments
- Application window
- Annual; FAA capital improvement plan cycle.
- Typical prep time
- 10–20 weeks
- Statutory authority
- 49 U.S.C. §47101 et seq.
Catalog entry last verified 2026-05-24 · Verify on the agency page →
Eligibility at a glance
- Cities are eligible applicants.
Federal share typically 90-95% for primary and non-primary airports. Amounts and timing approximate; verify directly with administering agency.
How Strategic Pursuit scores this program
When you run a city dossier, Strategic Pursuit cross-checks the city's demographics, federal award history, disaster history, and CEJST burden categories against this program's eligibility and strategic-fit signals. You see an explicit eligibility / strategic / competitive grade — backed by source citations — instead of a generic "match" badge.
Planning purposes only. Award ranges, match percentages, and application windows on this page summarize the latest publicly available agency guidance and are approximate. Always verify the binding NOFO on the administering agency's page before applying.