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Q-03. Are the IIJA funds split into different funding buckets?

Yes. Five billion dollars is being administered by ATO for improvements to FAA- owned facilities. ARP will administer approximately $20 billion of IIJA funds to airport sponsors. The $20 billion is allocated over 5 years ($4 billion annually). Of the $20 billion, FAA will receive up to $118 million annually for administration of IIJA funds and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) receives $2 million annually for oversight of IIJA funds.

(1)    Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) include formula allocations (AIG Allocated) and competitive (FAA Contract Tower Competitive) funds of up to $14.55 billion.

a)    Primary Airports share not more than $2.39 billion annually based enplanement and cargo volume.

b)    Non-Primary Airports share not more than $500 million annually, based on airport classification in the National Plan of Integrated Airport System (NPIAS) and the aggregated NPIAS eligible development cost for each classification.

c)    AIG provides $20 million annually in competitive grants (FAA Contract Tower Competitive) for sponsor owned contract towers participating in the Federal contract tower program and the contract tower cost share program (FCT). These funds are available to: construct, repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, replace, or relocate an airport control tower; acquire and install air traffic control, communications, and related equipment in an airport control tower; and construct a remote tower certified by the FAA including acquisition and installation of air traffic control, communications, or related equipment. (To date there is no FAA-certified remote tower technology.)

(2)    Approximately $4.85 billion ($970 million annually) for competitive Airport Terminal Program (ATP) grants including multi-modal terminal development and on-airport rail access projects. These funds can also be used for projects for relocating, reconstructing, repairing, or improving an airport-owned air traffic control tower (ATCT), whether staffed by FAA or in the FCT program.