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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 151.1 

Subpart C—Project Programing Standards 

151.71

Applicability. 

151.72

Incorporation by reference of tech-

nical guidelines in Advisory Circulars. 

151.73

Land acquisition. 

151.75

Preparation of site. 

151.77

Runway paving: General rules. 

151.79

Runway paving: Second runway; wind 

conditions. 

151.80

Runway paving: Additional runway; 

other conditions. 

151.81

Taxiway paving. 

151.83

Aprons. 

151.85

Special treatment areas. 

151.86

Lighting and electrical work: Gen-

eral. 

151.87

Lighting and electrical work: Stand-

ards. 

151.89

Roads. 

151.91

Removal of obstructions. 

151.93

Buildings; utilities; sidewalks; park-

ing areas; and landscaping. 

151.95

Fences; distance markers; naviga-

tional and landing aids; and offsite work. 

151.97

Maintenance and repair. 

151.99

Modifications of programing stand-

ards. 

Subpart D—Rules and Procedures for Ad-

vance Planning and Engineering Pro-
posals 

151.111

Advance planning proposals: Gen-

eral. 

151.113

Advance planning proposals: Sponsor 

eligibility. 

151.115

Advance planning proposals: Cospon-

sorship and agency. 

151.117

Advance planning proposals: Proce-

dures; application. 

151.119

Advance planning proposals: Proce-

dures; funding. 

151.121

Procedures: Offer; sponsor assur-

ances. 

151.123

Procedures: Offer; amendment; ac-

ceptance; advance planning agreement. 

151.125

Allowable advance planning costs. 

151.127

Accounting and audit. 

151.129

Payments. 

151.131

Forms. 

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Subpart A—General Requirements 

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: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40113, 47151, 

47153. 

§ 151.1 Applicability. 

This part prescribes the policies and 

procedures for administering the Fed-
eral-aid Airport Program under the 

Federal Airport Act, as amended (49 
U.S.C. 1101 

et seq.

). 

[Doc. No. 1329, 27 FR 12349, Dec. 13, 1962] 

§ 151.3 National Airport Plan. 

(a) Under the Federal Airport Act, 

the FAA prepares each year a ‘‘Na-
tional Airport Plan’’ for developing 
public airports in the United States, 
Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and 
Guam. In terms of general location and 
type of development, the National Air-
port Plan specifies the maximum lim-
its of airport development that is nec-
essary to provide a system of public 
airports adequate to anticipate and 
meet the needs of civil aeronautics. 

(b) If, within the forecast period, an 

airport will have a substantial aero-
nautical necessity, it may be included 
in the National Airport Plan. Only 
work on an airport included in the cur-
rent Plan is eligible for inclusion in the 
Federal-aid Airport Program to be un-
dertaken within currently available ap-
propriations and authorizations. How-
ever, the inclusion of an airport in the 
National Airport Plan does not commit 
the United States to include it in the 
Federal-aid Airport Program. In addi-
tion, the local community concerned is 
not required to proceed with planning 
or development of an airport included 
in the National Airport Plan. 

[Amdt. 151–8, 30 FR 8039, June 23, 1965] 

§ 151.5 General policies. 

(a) 

Airport layout plan. 

As used in this 

part, ‘‘airport layout plan’’ means the 
basic plan for the layout of an eligible 
airport that shows, as a minimum— 

(1) The present boundaries of the air-

port and of the offsite areas that the 
sponsor owns or controls for airport 
purposes, and of their proposed addi-
tions; 

(2) The location and nature of exist-

ing and proposed airport facilities 
(such as runways, taxiways, aprons, 
terminal buildings, hangars, and roads) 
and of their proposed modifications and 
extensions; and 

(3) The location of existing and pro-

posed non-aviation areas, and of their 
existing improvements. 

All airport development under the Fed-
eral-aid Airport Program must be done 
in accordance with an approved airport 

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§ 151.7 

layout plan. Each airport layout plan, 
and any change in it, is subject to FAA 
approval. The Administrator’s signa-
ture on the face of an original airport 
layout plan, or of any change in it, in-
dicates FAA approval. The FAA ap-
proves an airport layout plan only if 
the airport development is sound and 
meets applicable requirements. 

(b) 

Safe, useful, and usable unit. 

Ex-

cept as provided in paragraph (d) of 
this section, each advance planning 
and engineering proposal or airport de-
velopment project must provide for the 
planning or development of— 

(1) An airport or unit of an airport 

that is safe, useful, and usable; or 

(2) An additional facility that in-

creases the safety, usefulness, or 
usability of an airport. 

(c) 

National defense needs. 

The needs 

of national defense are fully considered 
in administering the Federal-aid Air-
port Program. However, approval of an 
advance planning and engineering pro-
posal or a project application is limited 
to planning or airport development 
necessary for civil aviation. 

(d) 

Stage development. 

In any case in 

which airport development can be ac-
complished more economically under 
stage construction, federal funds may 
be programmed in advance for the de-
velopment over two or more years 
under two or more grant agreements. 
In such a case, the FAA makes a ten-
tative allocation of funds for both the 
current and future fiscal years, rather 
than allocating the entire federal share 
in one fiscal year. A grant agreement is 
made only during the fiscal year in 
which funds are authorized to be obli-
gated. Advance planning and engineer-
ing grants are not made under this 
paragraph. 

[Amdt. 151–8, 30 FR 8039, June 23, 1965] 

§ 151.7 Grants of funds: General poli-

cies. 

(a) 

Compliance with sponsorship re-

quirements. 

The FAA authorizes the ex-

penditure of funds under the Federal- 
aid Airport Program for airport plan-
ning and engineering or for airport de-
velopment only if the Administrator is 
satisfied that the sponsor has met or 
will meet the requirements established 
by existing and proposed agreements 
with the United States with respect to 

any airport that the sponsor owns or 
controls. 

(1) Agreements with the United 

States to which this requirement of 
compliance applies include— 

(i) Any grant agreement made under 

the Federal-aid Airport Program; 

(ii) Any covenant in a conveyance 

under section 16 of the Federal Airport 
Act; 

(iii) Any covenant in a conveyance of 

surplus airport property either under 
section 13(g) of the Surplus Property 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1622(g)) or under 
Regulation 16 of the War Assets Ad-
ministration; and 

(iv) Any AP–4 agreement made under 

the terminated Development Landing 
Areas National Defense Program and 
the Development Civil Landing Areas 
Program. 

This requirement does not apply to as-
surances required under section 602 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d–1) and § 15.7 of the Federal Avia-
tion Regulations (14 CFR 15.7). 

(2) If it appears that a sponsor has 

failed to comply with a requirement of 
an agreement with the United States 
with respect to an airport, the FAA no-
tifies him of this fact and affords him 
an opportunity to submit materials to 
refute the allegation of noncompliance 
or to achieve compliance. 

(3) If a project is otherwise eligible 

under the Federal-aid Airport Pro-
gram, a grant may be made to a spon-
sor who has not complied with an 
agreement if the sponsor shows— 

(i) That the noncompliance is caused 

by factors beyond his control; or 

(ii) That the following circumstances 

exist: 

(

a

) The noncompliance consisted of a 

failure, through mistake or ignorance, 
to perform minor conditions in old 
agreements with the Federal Govern-
ment; and 

(

b

) The sponsor is taking reasonable 

action promptly to correct the defi-
ciency or the deficiency relates to an 
obligation that is no longer required 
for the safe and efficient use of the air-
port under existing law and policy. 

(b) 

Small proposals and projects. 

Unless 

there is otherwise a special need for 
U.S. participation, the FAA includes 
an advance planning and engineering 
proposal or an airport development