Grant Assurances (Obligations)
What are Grant Assurances?
When airport owners or sponsors, planning agencies, or other organizations accept funds from FAA-administered airport financial assistance programs, they must agree to certain obligations (or assurances). These obligations require the recipients to maintain and operate their facilities safely and efficiently and in accordance with specified conditions. The assurances may be attached to the application or the grant for Federal assistance and become part of the final grant offer or in restrictive covenants to property deeds. The duration of these obligations depends on the type of recipient, the useful life of the facility being developed, and other conditions stipulated in the assurances.
AIP Grant Assurances
The following Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant assurances reflect changes to address recent legislative provisions in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law number (P.L.) 118-63) and recently issued executive orders.
- Airport Sponsors (4/2025 - applicable for airport development) (pdf)
- Non-Airport Sponsors Undertaking Noise Compatibility Program Projects (4/2025) (pdf)
- Planning Agency Sponsors (4/2025) (pdf)
- Aviation State Block Grant Program (4/2025) (pdf)
| Date | Source | Assurances |
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| April 25, 2025 | Amended in 90 FR 17501 | See current assurances above. The FAA will accept comments through May 9, 2025. |
| May 2, 2022 | Amended in 87 FR 25691 (PDF) |
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| February 28, 2020 | Amended in 85 FR 12048 (PDF) |
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| April 3, 2014 | Amended in 79 FR 18755 (PDF) | |
| April 13, 2012 | Amended in 77 FR 22376 (PDF) | |
| March 18, 2011 | Amended in 76 FR 15028 (PDF) | |
| March 29, 2005 | Amended in 70 FR 15980 (PDF) | |
| August 18, 1999 | Amended in 64 FR 45008 (PDF) | |
| June 2, 1997 | Amended in 62 FR 29761 (PDF) | |
| January 4, 1995 | Amended in 60 FR 521 (PDF) | |
| June 10, 1994 | Amended in 59 FR 30076 | |
| August 29, 1989 | Amended in at 54 FR 35748 (PDF) | |
| September 6, 1988 | Amended in 53 FR 34361 (PDF) | |
| February 3, 1988 | Published in 53 FR 3104 (PDF) | |
| September 6, 1984 | Published in 49 FR 35282 (PDF) | |
| Prior to 1984 | Grant assurances were included in FAA Form 5100-100 |