Airport Terminal Program

This Assistance Listing 20.118 created in August 2025 was included in the previous ALN 20.106, please refer to former ALN 20.106 for FY24 and FY25 financial obligations. The new Assistance Listing 20.118 will be utilized by DOT at the start of FY 202

The FAA manages the Airport Terminal Program (ATP). ATP is a competitive grant program established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Programs (IIJA) to provide funding for airport terminal and Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) development projects. The program aims to modernize, upgrade, and rebuild airport infrastructure, addressing aging facilities and improving safety, sustainability, and accessibility.

States, counties, municipalities, U.S. Territories and possessions, and other public agencies including an Indian tribe or pueblo, the Republics of the Marshall Islands and Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia are eligible for airport development grants if the airport on which the development is required is listed in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). Certain local government organizations may be eligible for grants to implement noise planning and compatibility projects. Private owners of public-use reliever airports or airports having at least 2,500 passengers boarding annually and receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service may also be eligible. Eligible airports are included in the NPIAS. Airports in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam) are included in the NPIAS and are eligible. Airports in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and Midway Island are not included in the NPIAS. For IIJA -ATP funded programs eligible airport sponsors are those normally eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) discretionary grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. §47115. This includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use NPIAS airport, and outside of NPIAS: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, and the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island Airport.

The grant program benefits all the eligible applicants listed in this Assistance Listing (states, counties, municipalities, U.S. Territories and possessions, and other public agencies including an Indian tribe or pueblo, the Republics of the Marshall Islands and Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and private owners of reliever airports or airports having at least 2,500 passenger boarding annually and receiving scheduled passenger aircraft service), as well as the entities listed under beneficiary eligibility. For IIJA -(ATP) funded programs eligible airport sponsors are those normally eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) discretionary grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. §47115. This includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use NPIAS airport, and outside of NPIAS: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau and the Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island Airport.

Under IIJA Airport Terminal Program (ATP), funds can be used for justified terminal development projects as defined under 49U.S.C.47102(28), including multi-modal projects, and on-airport rail access projects, as outlined in 86 FR 48793 (PFC Update75-21), with exception of debt service.

Projects are expected to be completed as expeditiously as possible, and periods of performance are a maximum of 4 years starting from the date of grant award execution. Most airports complete projects within two to three years of grant award. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Awarded by lump sum. Assistance is released upon application for reimbursement of expenses.

Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review. An environmental impact assessment is required for this program. Alternative environmental reporting and documentation may be acceptable based upon the project type.

The FAA will issue the FY 2026 ATP Notice of Funding Opportunity with the selecting criteria.

Upon program approval for development projects, applicant submits project application, SF 424, Part I (facesheet) and remaining parts of FAA Form 5100-100 to the appropriate FAA field office. Master planning, noise compatibility, and system planning grant applications are submitted to the FAA field offices and, upon approval, grant offers are made. Either the District or Regional Office prepares the agency's Grant Offer, FAA Form 5100-37, for planning and development projects for execution by the grant applicant.

Deadline information for FY 26 to be announced. Sponsors are encouraged to submit early in the fiscal year and contact the appropriate FAA Regional or District Office for any supplemental local deadlines. Sponsors must formally accept grant offers no later than September 30 for grant funds appropriated in that fiscal year.

Other. From 90 to 120 days. If the project is challenged on environmental grounds, approval may take longer.