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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).

• Regional Policy and Guidance

Contact Us

• Contact an AIP Specialist

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National Policy and Guidance

• Overview: What is AIP?
• AIP Handbook
  • Program Guidance Letters (PGLs)
• Benefit-Cost Analysis
• Grant Assurances for the AIP
• Letter of Intent (LOI) Program
• Military Airport Program
• Procurement and Contracting Under AIP

FY 2008 AIP

• Federal Register Notice: Deadline for Notification of Intent to Use the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Sponsor, Cargo, and Nonprimary Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2008 (PDF)
• General Guidance for FY 2008 AIP Implementation (PDF)

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

Data, Tools, and Resources

• ACC/FAA Best Practices, 2008 (PDF, 1.21 MB) (7/8/2008)
• Acquiring Land for Airports and Relocation Assistance
• AIP Grant/Apportionment Data
• AIP Grant Histories
• Airport Capital Improvement Plan
• National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS)
• FAA Acquisition System Toolset (FAST)

Publications and Forms

• Federal Register Notices
• Forms
• Orders
• Reports
  • AIP Annual Reports
• Other Guidance
  • Assessment of Innovative Financing Options for the AIP (PDF)
  • 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)

Related Information on Other Sites

• Impact of Air Carriers Emerging From Bankruptcy on Hub Airports, Airport Systems, and U.S. Capital Markets (PDF)