Aviation Infrastructure Funding
$35,000
Grant
Description:
The BC Air Access Program provides cost-sharing opportunities for infrastructure, environmental and in select cases, airport master plans – all of which must be at eligible, public-use facilities.
Examples of projects that are eligible for BCAAP funding:
Airside operating area projects such as those related to aprons and runways
Avionics such as hazard beacons and runway lighting
Air terminal building enhancements
Environmental projects such as the preparation of a greenhouse gas inventory (baselining)
Groundside projects such as parking facility enhancements
Airport master plans for small airports
Comments on Funding:
Grants are capped at $35,000 and may be funded at a higher percentage level than other projects.
Project type:
Airside operating areas and avionics projects begin at 75% funding
Environmentally focussed projects begin at 75% funding
Transitional projects begin at 60% funding
Groundside projects begin at 50% funding
March 21, 2025.
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
1. Operate a public use airport, heliport or water aerodrome
2. Serve fewer than one (1) million passengers annually
3. Be the air facility operator (local government, non-profit operating society or contracted operator)
Application Steps:
Applicants must:
1. review BC Air Access Program Guidelines before applying for funding.
2. Register for a Business BCeID if you do not already have a Business BCeID.
3. Answer sample questions
4. Choose your application
a. Environmental Projects: Environmental and climate-focused projects, regardless of cost.
b. Major Projects and GPS Approach Projects: Infrastructure projects with an estimated cost of over $100,000,
or a GPS approach project
c. Minor Projects: Infrastructure projects with an estimated cost of $100,000 or less
d. Airport Master Plans: For small facilities (defined as a facility with a service area of 15,000 or fewer people) wishing to develop a master plan.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit supporting documents that show that the project:
1. Falls within one of the four project categories that BCAAP funds (Small projects; Large projects;
Environmental projects; Airport Master Plans).
2. Can be completed within the program fiscal year.
3. Has identified and secured all required funding (the percentage not funded by BCAAP).
4. Meets the best available environmental practices, including risks, benefits and innovations.
5. Complies with applicable federal, provincial and/or local government standards.
Other Things to Note:
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