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Presentation from the 41st Annual AAAE Airport Law Workshop covering the basics of grant assurances. The presentation explains that grant assurances are federal obligations in exchange for federal funding under the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), prescribed by statute but not laws themselves, and are annexed to grant agreements.

We are pleased to share Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell’s Airpot Law Digest - 2023 Mid-Year Update. This Airport Law Digest includes a list of key airport- related cases decided over the first six months of 2023, new DOT and FAA rules, policies, and guidance, and reports, studies, and articles of interest to airport legal professionals. We have attempted to provide links to publicly available documents, and most other documents are available via subscription services such as Westlaw or LexisNexis. We hope you find this Digest useful in your efforts to remain current in the always-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs airports. If you have questions about any of the materials in this Digest, please contact editors Nicholas Clabbers and Adam Gerchick, or any other Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell attorney who normally represents you. As with all of our Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell publications, this Digest is not intended to provide legal advice which requires a specific analysis of how the law applies to particular facts. Please consult with your counsel if you wish to understand how the cases and other materials cited in the Digest apply to your own situation. | Articles | Litigation | Federal Legislation | Federal Rules, Orders, and Guidance | Reports, Studies, Articles, and Other Publications CONTENTS https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Nicholas-Clabbers https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Adam-Gerchick https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People/Adam-Gerchick https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People https://www.kaplankirsch.com/People Congress Takes Up FAA Reauthorization For airport policy, few actions have more impact than Congress’s recurring reauthorization of the FAA and its programs. This September 30, the FAA’s 5-year statutory authority sunsets, so…

FAA Issues Potentially Sweeping Changes to Airport Land Use Regulation September 16, 2022 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published a Draft FAA Policy Regarding Processing Land Use Changes on Federally Acquired or Federally Conveyed Airport Land (the “Policy”). The proposed Policy is available here. The Policy addresses how the FAA will review and approve sponsor requests to use certain airport property for non-aeronautical purposes. The proposal has potentially significant implications for airport sponsors’ leasing practices. Because of the open questions presented by the Policy and the apparent nature of the proposed changes, sponsors should strongly consider commenting prior to the October 17, 2022 deadline. The FAA’s stated purpose in adopting the Policy is to “confirm[] and clarify[y] its prior policy and practice regarding the implementation of its statutory responsibility to review and approve or consent to, or deny, requests for land use changes on federally acquired or federally conveyed land.” However, the Policy has the potential to significantly change certain elements of the way that the FAA considers and approves sponsor requests for non-aeronautical and mixed use of airport property. Applicability. FAA has previously issued guidance to implement Section 163 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which generally limits the FAA’s authority to regulate the use of airport property. The FAA’s new land use Policy would apply where Section 163 does not: that is, to land use changes (1) on airport property acquired by the sponsor with federal assistance or through a federal surplus property donation or (2)…