FAA Order 5090.5, effective September 3, 2019, establishes guidelines for managing the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and the Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP), which together identify airports important to national air transportation and prioritize federal funding for airport development projects. The order serves as a financial planning tool for systematically assigning Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds to qualifying airports across the country. Note that this document addresses broad national airport capital planning policy and does not contain specific provisions related to Sea-Tac Airport noise mitigation or local noise policy.Open full document
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FAA Order 5090.5 establishes guidelines for managing and maintaining the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) and the Airports Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP). The NPIAS identifies airports important to national air transportation and estimates eligible Airport Improvement Program development costs, while the ACIP serves as the primary financial planning tool for prioritizing and assigning funds to airport capital projects. This Order consolidates and updates two prior orders from 2000, incorporating statutory changes and revising the National Priority System equation.