DOT Opens Applications for $20M Grant Program for Airport Control Towers
Eligible applicants: forprofits, state agencies, tribal entities. Applications are due: Dec 6, 2023
Announcement Type: Notice of Funding Opportunity (applications are now open)
Opportunity: FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program (FAA/DOT)
Overview and Eligible Uses: For airport-owned airport traffic control tower (ATCT) projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation's airports. The FAA will consider ATCT projects that sustain, construct, repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, replace, or relocate non-approach control towers; acquire and install air traffic control, communications, and related equipment to be used in those towers; or construct a remote tower certified by the FAA including acquisition and installation of air traffic control, communications, or related equipment.
Amount: Up to $20M in total funding; no cost-share is required
Award Type: Competitive grant
Eligible Applicants: A public agency, private entity, state agency, Indian Tribe, or Pueblo owning a public-use National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) airport
Key Dates: Applications are due December 6, 2022
Key Links:
Full Notice of Funding Opportunity (Federal Register)
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