FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants
The summary for the FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants grant is detailed below.
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FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants: 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 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.
| Federal Grant Title: | FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants |
| Federal Agency Name: | DOT Federal Aviation Administration (DOT-FAA) |
| Grant Categories: | Transportation |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FAA-ARP-IIJA-G-26-001 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 20.118 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Information not provided |
| Current Application Deadline: | January 15th, 2026 |
| Original Application Deadline: | January 15th, 2026 |
| Posted Date: | December 10th, 2025 |
| Creation Date: | December 10th, 2025 |
| Archive Date: | February 14th, 2026 |
| Total Program Funding: | $970,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $25,000 |
| Expected Number of Awards: | |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
| Last Updated: | December 10th, 2025 |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- State governments - County governments - City or township governments - Special district governments - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification.)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- See the link to the FY 2026 NOFO for eligibility information. Eligible applicants are those airport sponsors normally eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) competitive grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47115. This includes a public agency, private entity, state agency, 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, and the Republic of Palau. For additional eligibility categories and further details on each eligible applicant category, see AIP Handbook Table 2-1 in the following weblink: https://www.faa.gov/airports/aip/aip_handbook/media/AIP-Handbook-Order-5100-38D-Chg1.pdf. For more information on the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS), visit : https://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants
- Grant Announcement Contact
- 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 [email protected].
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