FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grants

Funding agency
U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT)
Program name
Federal Aviation Administration
Status
Closed
Description

IIJA established the ATP as a competitive grant program which provides approximately $1 billion in grant funding annually for five years (FYs 2022-2026) to upgrade, modernize, and rebuild our nation’s airport terminals and airport-owned ATCTs. This funding opportunity (FY 2026) is for the final year in which ATP will be available.

URL
https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/360955
Contact
Dan Neumann, Acting Manager, FAA Office of Airports IIJA Infrastructure Branch (APP-540), at IIJA.Airports@faa.gov
Match required
Yes
Match description
5-30% local funding required, depending on hub size
Applications open
Applications close
Future rounds
Unknown/Other
Eligible applicant description

Eligible applicants are those airport sponsors normally eligible for Airport Improvement Program (AIP) competitive grants as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 47115. 

  • Public Agency
  • Private Entity
  • State Agency
  • Indian Tribe or Pueblo owning a public-use NPIAS airport
  • Secretary of the Interior for Midway Island airport
  • Republic of the Marshall Islands 
  • Federal State of Micronesia 
  • Republic of Palau 
Eligibility requirements

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. 
Project type
Infrastructure and Transportation
Project subcategory
Roads and Bridges
Other (Infrastructure and Transportation)
Project stage
Planning
Design
Implementation
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Last updated: January 16, 2026