This advisory circular (AC) provides guidance to airport owners and operators (sponsors) for Airport Improvement Program (AIP)-assisted projects to develop their land acquisition and relocation assistance procedures in conformance to the Uniform Relocation Act and its implementing regulations.

This order provides guidelines and identifies responsibilities for FAA acceptance and monitoring of airport sponsor compliance with the provisions of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act) (42 USC 4601 et seq), as amended, on airport projects receiving federal financial assistance. This order incorporates all applicable requirements as provided in the Uniform Act implementing regulation 49 CFR Part 24, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs (70 FR 590, January 4, 2005, and as may be amended).

ACRP Research Report 184 is the executive summary of ACRP Web-Only Document 44: Understanding FAA Grant Assurance Obligations, Volume 1: Guidebook, and explains each of the 39 grant assurances. The summary includes a matrix that outlines major aspects of the program such as duration and applicability, and provides a list of related assurances. The matrix includes links to specific volumes of the web-only document that discuss each grant assurance in greater detail. Volume 2: Technical Appendices contains supplemental information, Volume 3: Research Report discusses the research effort, and Volume 4: Summary of AIP Grant Assurance Requirements includes a PowerPoint presentation for sharing content with airport manager, planners, and operators.

ACRP Web-Only Document 44, Volume 1, provides a comprehensive summary of all the requirements included in the 39 Grant Assurances applicable to airport sponsors, who are owners or operators of the airport that execute the grant agreements. The web-only document describes the requirements, identifies the actions that are required and those that are prohibited, identifies exceptions, describes the duration and applicability of the requirements, and discusses the potential consequences of non-compliance.

ACRP Web-Only Document 44 provides supplemental information for individuals desiring a more in-depth understanding of the requirements. It may be useful when airport management, staff, or airport users are confronted with a particular issue or a set of circumstances that is not fully addressed in ACRP Research Report 184. The web-only document contains six appendices providing supplemental information on the Grant Assurance requirements, as well as resources and references.

ACRP Web-Only Document 44, Volume 3, summarizes the research efforts and results of the research conducted to develop a guidebook on FAA grant assurance requirements.

ACRP Web-Only Document 44, Volume 4, is a model PowerPoint presentation for sharing content with airport managers, planners, and operators.

This checklist provides a basic outline of the steps necessary for a typical development project. It addresses the initial planning stage through project completion. As each project may present unique situations, users should not construe this checklist as being inclusive of all steps required for the proper administration of an AIP-funded project. Likewise, certain steps may not be necessarily for all types of projects.

This order provides the FAA policies and procedures to ensure agency compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 United States Code [U.S.C.] §§ 4321-4335), the requirements set forth in the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 1500-1508, Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act (CEQ regulations), and Department of Transportation (DOT) Order 5610.1C, Procedures for Considering Environmental Impacts. The CEQ regulations establish procedures for complying with NEPA. In accordance with 40 CFR § 1507.3 of the CEQ regulations, this order contains the FAA's implementing procedures, which supplement those regulations.

FAA Order 5050.4B supplements FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures. This order provides information to ARP personnel and others interested in fulfilling National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for airport actions under the FAA's authority. This order is part of the FAA's effort to ensure its personnel have clear instructions to address potential environmental effects resulting from major airport actions.

This program guidance letter (PGL) establishes a process by which an FAA Region may consider (and the Washington headquarters may approve or disapprove) an airport operator's request for AIP funding in support of ARFF equipment (and, by extension, supporting facilities) beyond the minimum requirements set forth in Part 139. Because the FAA established the minimum ARFF requirements under Part 139 to protect the safety of the traveling public, the FAA has developed this process to ensure that under unusual circumstances, additional ARFF equipment might qualify for additional consideration.

ACRP Report 120 provides a guidebook to cost estimating for airport capital planning, supported by a spreadsheet-based cost-estimating model. The guidebook and the accompanying model are designed to help airport operators, aviation and transportation agencies, and other industry stakeholders understand cost-estimating practices, including risks and sources of uncertainty.

This advisory circular (AC) provides information on community/public involvement in airport planning. This AC is intended to advise airport sponsors, planners, and the public on the benefits of early public participation in airport planning, and the methods by which this participation may be achieved.

The FAA recommends the guidelines and specifications in this advisory circular (AC) for reporting airport pavement strength using the standardized method. The use of this AC is mandatory for all projects funded with federal grant monies through the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) or with revenue from the Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) Program.

This order establishes guidelines for managing and maintaining two federal plans that are essential to airport development: the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and the Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP). The order also discusses the Office of Airports (ARP) NPIAS project database that supports these plans and its use for preparing the Secretary of Transportation's biennial NPIAS report.

This handbook provides guidance to FAA personnel on interpreting and administering the various continuing commitments airport sponsors make to the U.S. government when they accept grants of federal funds or federal property for airport purposes. The handbook (i) analyzes the various federal obligations set forth in legislatively mandated airport sponsor assurances, (ii) addresses the nature of the assurances and the application of the assurances in the operation of public use airports, and (iii) facilitates the interpretation of the assurances by FAA personnel. This manual was designed to provide guidance to FAA personnel pertaining to the FAA Airport Compliance Program. The appendixes address specific topics including Appendix J Airport Joint Use Agreement for Military Use of Civilian Airfields, Appendix O Sample Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities, Appendix P Sample Airport Rules and Regulations, Appendix U Sample Joint-Use Agreement and Appendix Z Definitions and Acronyms.

ACRP Report 16, second edition, is designed to help airport practitioners, owners, operators, managers, and policymakers of small airports, who may have varying degrees of experience and backgrounds, to fulfill their responsibilities in such areas as financial management, oversight of contracts and leases, safety and security, noise impacts, community relations, compliance with federal and state obligations, facility maintenance, and capital improvements. The first edition has been edited and reformatted for currency, relevance, and usability and updated with additional information and new subject areas (e.g., unmanned aircraft systems, geographic information systems, digital notices to airmen, social media, and federal and state obligations). Also, hyperlinks to many of the documents and resources mentioned in this report, such as ACRP publications, industry sources, and sample checklists, have been collected into ACRP WebResource 6: Resources for Managing Small Airports.

This guidebook offers practical information to help airport personnel complete a Capital Improvement Program, develop a plan for meeting an airport's current and future needs, and manage an airport's capital improvement projects.

This document provides instructions to the FAA’s Airports District Offices (ADO) and Regional Offices of Airports as well as states participating in FAA’s State Block Grant program regarding changes in legal authority under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. This document explains the internal process for reviewing airport layout plan (ALP) changes when new development is proposed by an airport sponsor and provides instructions on release of federal grant obligations and the circumstances under which these actions are necessary. Additionally, this document provides information on the way in which environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) should address the new limitations on FAA’s regulatory authorities. These are internal instructions for implementation of FAA’s statutorily revised authorities over use of airport property and do not require new actions from airport sponsors.

Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5100-14E, Architectural, Engineering (A/E), and Planning Consultant Services for Airport Grant Projects, requires sponsors to perform a cost analysis for every A/E contract for which reimbursement is expected under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). This standard operating procedure (SOP) establishes uniform procedures for the FAA Office of Airports (ARP) for receiving, evaluating, and accepting the consultant fee analysis for development projects funded with Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants.