Closed · FAA-ARP-IIJA-G-26-002 · CFDA 20.117 · Discretionary

FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program

Federal grant opportunity posted by Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants, cataloged on Grants.gov.

$25K-$83.3M
Award range
Closed
Status
February 17, 2026
Close date
-
Expected awards

The verdict

FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program is a closed discretionary listing from Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants that offered $25,000 -- $83,300,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 4 other opportunities from Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants.

$25K-$83.3M
award range
Closed
application status
20.117
CFDA program
4
other opportunities from Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants

Recently closed NOFO

This listing closed on February 17, 2026. CFDA 20.117 may re-announce under a new opportunity number. Historical award band was $25,000 -- $83,300,000.

According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.

Deadline tracker

Application window closed

Closed February 17, 2026

Posted Jan 20 Closes Feb 17

Instrument

Grant

Description

The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for up to $120 million in FY 2026 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.

Multi-door applicant board · 5 Grants.gov types

Grants.gov prints 5 distinct applicant types for FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infras… (State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Special district governments; +1 more). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Transportation (T). This eligibility-code string dominates the Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants book (4 peers, 80% of 5).

Code 00
State governments
Code 01
County governments
Code 02
City or township governments
Code 04
Special district governments
Code 25
Others (see official listing text)

Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.

Official Listing on Grants.gov

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Agency Contact

Direct all inquiries about applications to the appropriate Regional Office (RO), Airports District Office (ADO) or State Agency for Airports covered under the FAA State Block Grant Program (SBGP) or contact the FAA IIJA Team at 9-ARP-IIJAAirports@faa.gov.

What to do next

FY 2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infras… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.

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