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NPIAS was developed and is currently maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). [1] It identifies existing and proposed airports that are significant to national air transportation in the U.S., and thus eligible to receive federal grants under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). It also includes estimates of the amount of AIP ...
In Fiscal Year 2017 the FAA awarded $802.5 million in grants to 109 large airports and $2.472 billion to 1,613 small airports. An additional $57.6 million was awarded for airport system planning grants to state transportation agencies. [3] In 2021, more than $627 million was provided in funding to 390 airports. [6]
Airport construction and unexpected equipment outages also require temporary communications alternatives, and AeroMACS also could serve as a backup. The system was implemented in 2017 under the FAA Airport Surface Surveillance Capability program. [155] As of December 2020, more than 50 airports in nearly 15 countries are using AeroMACS.
In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 11 transit projects. The awardees include light rail projects. Other projects include both a commuter rail extension and a subway project in New York City, and a bus rapid transit system in Springfield, Oregon.
The FAA did not specify what future projects may be delayed by its evaluation, but on Saturday, Bloomberg reported the agency is considering preventing United Airlines from adding new routes, ...
It keeps the FAA's role as the country's main aviation safety regulator. It creates: A Safety Oversight and Certification Advisory Committee within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) An FAA Task Force on Flight Standards Reform; A Regional Consistency Communications Board; A Designated Agency Safety and Health Officer within DOT
The DOT OIG said on Thursday: "recent safety events with United Airlines -- such as flight diversions that can be traced to mechanical problems -- serve to remind us that FAA oversight of ...
Under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Aeronautics Branch cooperated with public works agencies on projects that represented an early form of federal aid to airports. [24] The Branch was restructured and in 1934 received a new name, the Bureau of Air Commerce. [4] Eugene Vidal, nephew of Senator Thomas Gore became its first director. [25]