Official funding announcement — preliminary draft
Funder: Jeffrey Brown Management and Program Analyst
Opportunity number: DOT-FAA-26-0117-002
Official listed status: posted
Closing information: 2026-10-19 (official deadline clock time and time zone must be checked in NOFO)
Award disclosure: Official federal synopsis lists an award ceiling of 55,000,000; applicant-level applicability requires full-NOFO review.
Applicant categories in federal synopsis: County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification); State governments
Federal synopsis
The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for up to $100 million in FY 2027 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds for the FCT competitive grant program, made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58. The purpose of the FCT competitive grant program is to make annual grants available to eligible airports 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; or 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.
Draft intake record. Eligibility, program terms, current amendments and applicant ceiling must be independently verified before publishing.