In fiscal year 1999, about 900 grant agreements were executed. Persons are encouraged to contact the Federal Aviation Administration Regional Offices listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Current Federal government share of allowable costs are as follows. Entities eligible to sponsor system planning studies include State, local and federally recognized tribal governments, designated metropolitan planning organizations, and U.S. Territories and possessions. The range of financial or other matching assistance required from nonfederal sources, varies from 10 percent to 25 percent depending on the category of the sponsor, the type of project and the amount of public land in the State.
Assistance is released upon application for reimbursement of expenses or by letter of credit.
Authorizing legislation refers to an airport as any area of land or water used or intended to be used for the landing or taking off of aircraft and includes, within the five categories of airports listed below, special types of facilities such as seaplane bases and heliports. The statute further defines airports by categories which include commercial service, primary, cargo service, reliever, and general aviation airports. Commercial Service Airports are publicly owned airports that have at least 2,500 passenger boarding each year and receive scheduled passenger service. Passenger boarding refer to revenue passenger boarding on an aircraft in service in air commerce. The definition also includes passengers who continue on an aircraft in international flight that stops at an airport in any of the 50 states for a nontraffic purpose.