# 2026-19328: $100M FAA grants for snazzy new air traffic towers available now

2026-19328, FAA Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Funding Opportunity, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2026-09-22, effective Airport sponsors seeking consideration for FY 2027 FCT Competitive Grant Program funding should submit FAA Form 5100-144 as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-29).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19328
- Title: FAA Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program; Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Funding Opportunity
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 60190
- Published: 2026-09-22
- Effective: Airport sponsors seeking consideration for FY 2027 FCT Competitive Grant Program funding should submit FAA Form 5100-144 as soon as possible, but no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-10-19
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

## In one line

$100M FAA grants for snazzy new air traffic towers available now

## Summary

The FAA is offering up to $100 million in grants for Fiscal Year 2027 to help airports fix and upgrade their air traffic control towers. Airports that own these towers can apply to improve old equipment, build new towers, or even install high-tech digital towers. Applications are due by October 19, 2026, so airport sponsors should act fast to grab this funding!

## Abstract

The Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces the opportunity to apply for up to $100 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds for the FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program, made available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), Public Law 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 our nation's airports.

## Effects PRIA read

- Up to $100M in Tower Grants: benefit, medium. The FAA is offering up to $100,000,000 in Fiscal Year 2027 Airport Infrastructure Grant funds for the FAA Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program. Airport sponsors that own air traffic control towers can apply for these grants to address aging tower infrastructure.
- What Projects the Grants Can Cover: benefit, medium. Grants may be used to sustain, construct, repair, improve, rehabilitate, modernize, replace, or relocate non-approach control towers; to acquire and install air traffic control, communications, and related equipment for those towers; or to construct an FAA-certified digital tower including related…
- How and When to Apply: cost, low. Airport sponsors must submit FAA Form 5100-144 electronically at https://www.faa.gov/bil/airport-infrastructure/fct by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 19, 2026; mail and fax submissions will not be accepted. Applicants can search Grants.gov using Funding Opportunity Number DOT-FAA-26-0117-002 or…

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## Sources
- [2026-19328 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/22/2026-19328/faa-contract-tower-competitive-grant-program-fiscal-year-fy-2027-funding-opportunity)
- [2026-19328 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-22/pdf/2026-19328.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19328 (as of 2026-09-29).