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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP)

General Grant Program Information

The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for approximately $1 billion in FY 2026 competitive funds for the Airport Terminal Program (ATP), made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58. The FY 2026 ATP announcement will be the final announcement for this program. The purpose of the ATP is to make annual grants available to eligible airports for airport terminal and airport-owned Airport Traffic Control Tower development projects that address the aging infrastructure of our nation’s airports. 

Opportunity Status:
Open
Posted Date:
12/10/2025
Close Date:
01/15/2026
Eligible Applicants:
State Governments; Local Governments; Federally Recognized Tribes and Affiliated Groups; U.S. Territories
Eligible Activities:
Planning; Construction; Equipment and Materials; Resilience; Accessibility; Security
Transportation Type:
Air
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$970,000,000
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Match Waiver:
No
Tribal Set-Aside:
No
Grant Opportunity ID:
FAA-ARP-IIJA-G-26-001
Grant Opportunity Link:
Grants.gov Opportunity: FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants
Links to Additional Information:
Agency:
USDOT / Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Eligibility Information

Eligible Uses

Eligible ATP projects are:

  • Airport terminal development, defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47102(28) as development of an airport passenger terminal building, including: terminal gates; access roads servicing exclusively airport traffic that leads directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building; and walkways that lead directly to or from an airport passenger terminal building. Under the ATP, the FAA may consider projects that qualify as “terminal development” (including multimodal terminal development), as that term is defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47102(28); or
  • On-airport rail access projects as set forth in Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Update 75-21 (86 FR 48793, Aug. 31, 2021); or
  • Airport-owned ATCT that includes relocating, reconstructing, repairing, or improving the ATCT; and
  • Projects justified based on civil aeronautical demand.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants include the following:

  • A public agency
  • A private entity
  • A state agency
  • An Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) airport
  • The Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island airport
  • The Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • The Federated States of Micronesia
  • The Republic of Palau

Funding Information

The ATP is a $5 billion grant program, distributed as approximately $1 billion annually for 5 years.

The federal cost share of ATP grants is 80 percent for large and medium hub airports and 95 percent for the remainder of airports (small hub, non-hub, and nonprimary airports).

Contact Information

Direct all inquiries regarding applications to the appropriate Regional Office (RO), Airports District Office (ADO) at https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/arp/offices/regional_offices or State Agency for Airports covered under the FAA State Block Grant Program (SBGP)). Sponsors may also contact Jesse Carriger, Manager, IIJA Branch APP-540, at 9-ARP-IIJAAirports@faa.gov.

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