Assistance Listing 20.117
Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration
Assistance Listing 20.117, “Airport Infrastructure Grants,” is a federal program administered by Department of Transportation. It provides grant assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 1 open, 0 forecasted and 0 closed opportunities under this listing.
This Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 20.117 was created in August 2025 included in the previous ALN 20.106, please refer to former ALN 20.106 for all FY 2024, FY 2025 (including any prior years) for any Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) financial obligations. DOT FAA will start using the new Assistance Listing 20.117 for AIG only at the start of FY 2026. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has several strategic goals: Safety, People, Global Leadership, and Operational excellence. The FAA Office of Airports (ARP) grant programs described in this listing contribute to these goals, as outlined in the FAA Annual Summary of Performance and Financial Information. The ARP mission is planning and developing a safe and efficient national airports system to satisfy the safety needs of the public and aviation interests of the U.S., with considerations for economics, environmental mitigation, local proprietary rights, and safeguarding the public investment. As an important component of that mission, ARP provides financial assistance to airports nationwide through grants. These grants contribute to the objective of maintaining and optimizing airport and runway safety, capacity, efficiency, financial responsibility, and environmental mitigation. The program objective of this listing is to assist sponsors, owners, or operators of public-use airports in the development of a nationwide system of airports adequate to meet the needs of civil aeronautics. The purpose of the various laws applicable to this program includes the investment in transportation, environmental mitigation, and airport infrastructure that will support long-term economic benefits. Grants to airports also support the objectives of several Executive Orders, including Executive Order 14005 – “Ensuring the Future is Made in all of America by All of America’s Workers”(as listed in the Regulations and Guidance Section). Performance measurement and reporting. An example of performance measurement: In the mission area of safety, the FAA Business Plan has several Initiatives, including the Initiative on Runway Pavement Maintenance. This initiative ensures that airport infrastructure is kept in a safe and serviceable condition through capital improvements and airport inspections. The related activity is to ensure runway pavement is kept in a safe and serviceable condition by maintaining eligible runway pavement in Excellent, Good, or Fair condition. The performance measure, as a specific target metric, is ensuring that this condition is met (based on visual inspections) for 93 percent of the paved runways in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). The financial assistance provided through these federal grants contribute to the capital improvements mentioned above. For performance reporting, all grants are required to submit performance reports (Annually for non-construction grants: FAA Form 5100-140 Performance Report, and quarterly for construction grants: FAA Form 5370-1 Construction Progress and Inspection Report). These reports include reporting on project milestone goals as well as lab and field testing for construction projects. With a standard period of performance of 4 years, projects must be completed within that timeframe. Projects are monitored throughout the period of performance and grant disbursements are regularly tracked. The program office monitors period of performance expirations and grant closeout in order to confirm successful project completion. A key performance indicator for the program in this listing is number of grant projects successfully completed and closed out. This measurement of grant funding disbursement as well as progress of projects towards completion aligns with and is reported on in the FAA’s Annual Performance and Accountability Report.
As published in the SAM.gov 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, 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. 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.
Intended beneficiaries: Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments, Other public institution/organization, Public nonprofit institution/organization, Local, State, Quasi-public nonprofit organization, Private nonprofit institution/organization, U.S. Territories, Suburban, Other Urban and 4 more.
Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.
Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): FY 2024 IIJA AIG: AIG awards ranged from $23,688 to $77,675,450 with an average award of $1,870,157. No. of grants awarded: 1,049 FY 2025 IIJA AIG: AIG awards ranged from $21,111 to $109,523,000 with an average award of $1,996,356. No. of grants awarded to date: 826
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 20.117. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.20.117 is the Assistance Listing Number for “Airport Infrastructure Grants.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.
The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Builder/Contractor/Developer, Local, State, Municipality or Township government (inclusive of cities, towns, boroughs (except in Alaska), and villages), Territorial, Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, County Government (inclusive of boroughs in Alaska, parishes and other governmental entities with geographic regional control and authority), Nonprofit Organization and U.S. State Government (including the District of Columbia). Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.