The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) airport grant program funds airport infrastructure projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting, and airport markings with the goal of strengthening U.S. aviation infrastructure.
Airports are entitled to a certain amount of AIP funding each year based on passenger volume. If their capital project needs exceed their available entitlement funds, then the FAA can supplement their entitlements with discretionary funding.
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On September 1, 2020 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award more than $1.2 billion in additional airport safety and infrastructure grants. Of the $1.2 billion, in this round more than $1 billion is from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and $152 million is in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act with a 100 percent federal share. Awards will be made to 405 airports in 50 states as well as Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“This $1.2 billion federal investment will improve our nation’s airport infrastructure, enhance safety, and strengthen growth in local communities, which is especially important as the economy recovers from COVID-19,” said Secretary Chao.
The complete listing of awards can be found here. Airports in the CSG East region that received awards are listed below.
| State | City | Airport | Total Funding Amount |
| CT | New Haven | Tweed-New Haven | $1,087,037 |
| Oxford | Waterbury-Oxford | $765,054 | |
| Windsor Locks | Bradley International | $2,369,974 | |
| Windsor Locks | State of Connecticut | $201,498 | |
| DE | Wilmington | New Castle | $3,422,152 |
| MA | Boston | General Edward Lawrence Logan International | $1,365,716 |
| Chatham | Chatham Municipal | $347,000 | |
| Hyannis | Barnstable Municipal-Boardman/Polando Field | $506,700 | |
| Mansfield | Mansfield Municipal | $216,300 | |
| North Adams | Harriman-And-West | $660,898 | |
| Norwood | Norwood Memorial | $283,332 | |
| Pittsfield | Pittsfield Municipal | $66,581 | |
| Plymouth | Plymouth Municipal | $3,986,590 | |
| Provincetown | Provincetown Municipal | $1,736,682 | |
| Southbridge | Southbridge Municipal | $217,000 | |
| Vineyard Haven | Martha’s Vineyard | $366,016 | |
| MD | Easton | Easton/Newnam Field | $1,617,687 |
| Glen Burnie | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall | $665,000 | |
| Leonardtown | St. Mary’s County Regional | $5,560,023 | |
| Ocean City | Ocean City Municipal | $2,650,442 | |
| Odenton | Tipton | $884,646 | |
| Stevensville | Bay Bridge | $189,480 | |
| Westminster | Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poage Field | $232,222 | |
| Wiley Ford | Greater Cumberland Regional | $4,122,800 | |
| ME | Bangor | Bangor International | $3,321,486 |
| Biddeford | Biddeford Municipal | $173,854 | |
| Brunswick | Brunswick Executive | $119,500 | |
| Carrabassett | Sugarloaf Regional | $165,000 | |
| Dexter | Dexter Regional | $196,000 | |
| Frenchville | Northern Aroostook Regional | $3,300,000 | |
| Fryeburg | Eastern Slopes Regional | $263,297 | |
| Jackman | Newton Field | $208,700 | |
| Lincoln | Lincoln Regional | $3,400,650 | |
| Rockland | Knox County Regional | $1,011,366 | |
| Wiscasset | Wiscasset | $75,161 | |
| NH | Concord | New Hampshire State Block Grant Program | $6,246,558 |
| NJ | Morristown | Morristown Municipal | $189,151 |
| Trenton | Trenton Mercer | $5,862,801 | |
| NY | Binghamton | Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field | $585,703 |
| Hamilton | Hamilton Municipal | $1,649,797 | |
| Hudson | Columbia County | $2,062,815 | |
| Ithaca | Ithaca Tompkins Regional | $150,290 | |
| Le Roy | Le Roy | $67,888 | |
| Massena | Massena International-Richards Field | $1,580,943 | |
| New York | John F Kennedy International | $5,728,426 | |
| North Babylon | Republic | $1,038,956 | |
| Oneonta | Albert S Nader Regional | $1,516,224 | |
| Potsdam | Potsdam Municipal/Damon Field | $2,760,452 | |
| Poughkeepsie | Hudson Valley Regional | $624,106 | |
| Rochester | Greater Rochester International | $5,675,921 | |
| Saranac Lake | Adirondack Regional | $1,919,814 | |
| Saratoga Springs | Saratoga County | $2,608,531 | |
| Sidney | Sidney Municipal | $70,000 | |
| PA | Allentown | Allentown Queen City Municipal | $764,438 |
| Allentown | Lehigh Valley International | $9,705,812 | |
| Altoona | Altoona-Blair County | $1,411,352 | |
| Latrobe | Arnold Palmer Regional | $5,159,843 | |
| Lititz | Lancaster | $3,958,494 | |
| Philadelphia | Delaware Valley Region | $390,000 | |
| Philadelphia | Philadelphia International | $18,377,609 | |
| Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh International | $3,565,946 | |
| State College | University Park | $5,351,624 | |
| West Mifflin | Allegheny County | $544,874 | |
| PR | Ceiba | Jose Aponte De La Torre | $1,029,706 |
| Culebra | Benjamin Rivera Noriega | $7,388,275 | |
| San Juan | Luis Munoz Marin International | $6,078,645 | |
| RI | Warwick | Theodore Francis Green State | $5,938,497 |
| VI | Charlotte Amalie | Cyril E King | $4,711,111 |
| Christiansted | Henry E Rohlsen | $4,148,395 | |
| VT | Burlington | Burlington International | $6,301,840 |
| Newport | Northeast Kingdom International | $166,500 |
