FY 2022 Competitive Funding Opportunity: Airport Improvement Program Supplemental Discretionary Grants

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $268,728,965 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 competitive supplemental discretionary grants. The purpose of the supplemental discretionary grant program is to make grants to eligible airports for airport construction projects, associated airport capital planning, noise planning and noise mitigation projects, and energy and environmental sustainability projects. FAA will implement the FY 2022 supplemental discretionary grant program consistent with Airport Improvement Program (AIP) sponsor and project eligibility and will consider project applications that align with the priorities, limitations, and requirements described in the NOFO cited in this grants.gov posting (in the link to additional information).

Eligible applicants are those airport sponsors normally eligible for AIP discretionary grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. 47115, which includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use NPIAS airport, the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island Airport, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. Also see the NOFO (cited in the link to additional information in this posting) for additional applicant eligibility details. Projects should be ready to begin by/on June 30, 2024. Supplemental discretionary funds are awarded in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 47115(j). Eligible projects include, but are not limited to: a. Improvements related to enhancing airport safety, capacity, security, environmental sustainability, planning, or any combination of the above, including terminal development; b. Planning for the feasibility of and options for unleaded aviation fuel infrastructure; c. Airport projects associated with pavement rehabilitation, reconstruction, and extension of the pavement’s useful life; d. Noise planning and noise mitigation; e. Projects to plan for, relocate, and/or construct run-up locations to reduce community exposure to emissions from leaded aviation fuel usage; f. Other emission reduction projects. In further support of FAA’s Climate Challenge, supplemental discretionary funds are available for certain low-emission fuel system or air quality improvement projects such as Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) projects and Zero-Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) projects, as well as energy efficiency, energy resiliency and sustainability projects. See the NOFO (cited in the link to additional information in this posting) for further details on eligibility of these projects. Applicants should submit an application specifically referencing all requirements in this NOFO to be considered for supplemental discretionary funding, even if the applicant previously applied for funding under FY 2022 AIP. Also, as stipulated in Public Law 117-103 and the accompanying Joint Explanatory Statement (JES), noise planning and noise mitigation projects have priority. More information on noise planning and noise mitigation projects, and their eligibility criteria, can be found at https://www.faa.gov/airports/environmental/airport_noise/ and in Appendix R of the AIP Handbook, which is available at https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/media/AIP-Handbook-Order-5100-38D-Chg1.pdf.