The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a seventh round of Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG), totaling $289 million, to 129 airports across 40 states. These grants are designed to enhance the safety and efficiency of air travel.
The projects are funded under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s AIG program, which allocates $25 billion for airport improvements. These improvements include terminal expansions, baggage system upgrades, runway safety enhancements, and air traffic infrastructure improvements.
“Americans are flying in record numbers, and the Biden-Harris Administration continues to invest in our airports to make travel safer and more convenient for the people who pass through these airports each day,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “This latest round of funding will support key improvements to terminals, runways, and baggage systems and build on the work this Administration is doing to modernize our aviation infrastructure.”
In June, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened a record-breaking 2.99 million passengers in a single day at airports. TSA anticipates screening over 32 million individuals this Independence Day holiday travel season, a 5.4% increase from last year’s travel volumes.
Some of the airports receiving new funding from the Biden-Harris Administration include:
In addition to today’s AIG announcement, the FAA has opened the application period for airports to submit projects for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Airport Terminal Program (ATP), also funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The FY 2025 ATP provides approximately $1 billion in funding for safe, sustainable, and accessible airport terminals, airport-owned traffic control towers, and on-airport rail and bus projects that improve multimodal connections.
Since 2022, the FAA has announced over 300 projects to receive ATP grants aimed at improving the passenger experience, modernizing America’s airports, and enhancing competition in the airline industry by supporting equal access to infrastructure for airlines. To date, over 190 terminal projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s ATP program are under construction, with six projects already complete.
