Background Information

To promote the development of a system of airports to meet the Nation's needs, the Federal Government embarked on a grants-in-aid program to units of state and local government shortly after the end of World War II. This early program, the Federal-Aid Airport Program (FAAP), was authorized by the Federal Airport Act of 1946 and drew its funding from the general fund of the Treasury. In 1970, a more comprehensive program was established with the passage of the Airport and Airway Development Act which provided grants for airport planning and development projects. These two programs, the Planning Grant Program (PGP) and the Airport Development Aid Program (ADAP), were funded from a newly established Airport and Airway Trust Fund. By the time the two programs expired in September of 1981, approximately $4.5 billion were approved for airport planning and development projects.

The current grant program, known as the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), was initially established by the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 and was later amended by the Airport and Airway Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1987 which also created a new funding category for air cargo activity. Funding for the program was originally established through fiscal year 1992 to include projects for airport development, airport planning, for noise compatibility planning and noise abatement programs.

The AIP was extended for one additional year in 1993, and on August 23, 1994, President Clinton signed into law legislation to authorize FAA programs through Fiscal Year 1996. The AIP bill appropriated $1.69 billion in FY 1995 and $1.45 billion in FY 1996 for airport development programs nationwide.

On April 5, 2000, the President signed the legislation commonly referred to as "AIR 21" (Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century). This legislation included a four-year AIP authorization starting with FY 2000 and ending with FY 2003. Of the authorized $2.75 billion, the appropriated funding for FY 2000 was $1.81 billion, which is slightly less than the FY 1999 program. The AIR 21 legislation increased the minimum entitlement level for non-hub primary airports and the FAA's pilot "pavement maintenance program" was adopted and allows for "routine work to preserve and extend the useful life of runways, taxiways and aprons".

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