FAA: Airport Improvement Program (AIP)
The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) provides grants to public agencies---and, in some cases, to private owners and entities---for the planning and development of public-use airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).
- Overview: What is AIP?
- AIP Handbook
- Benefit-Cost Analysis for the AIP
- Grant Assurances for the AIP
- Letter of Intent (LOI) Program
- Military Airport Program
- Procurement and Contracting Under AIP
- Program Guidance Letters (PGLs) for the AIP
Contacts
Data, Tools, and Resources
- Acquiring Land for Airports and Relocation Assistance
- Airport Capital Improvement Plan
- Grant and Apportionment Data
- Grant Histories
- National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
- FAA Acquisition System Toolset (FAST)
Publications
- Advisory Circulars - All 150 Series ACs
- Advisory Circulars - AIP ACs
- AC Checklist for AIP and PFC Projects - checklist is being updated
- Also see Obstruction Marking and Lighting, AC 70/7460-1
- Assessment of Innovative Financing Options for the AIP (PDF)
- Bulletin 1: Best Practices-Surface Access To Airports (PDF) (1/30/2007)
- Federal Register Notices
- Forms
- Land Options Used in Federally Funded Airport Projects (PDF)
- Orders
- Reports
Regional Supplemental Guidance
Additional guidance on this topic is available for the following regions of the country:
- Alaskan (AK)
- Central (IA, KS, MO, NB, Aeronautical Center)
- Eastern (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV, Tech Center)
- 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)
