---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 152.109"
title: "14"
number: "152.109"
heading: "Project eligibility: Airport planning."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/152.109"
---

# §152.109. Project eligibility: Airport planning.

- (a) **Airport master planning.** A proposed project for airport master planning is not approved unless—
  - (1) The location of the existing or proposed airport is included in the current NASP;
  - (2) In the opinion of the Administrator, the proposed planning would promote the effective location of public airports and the development of an adequate NASP;
  - (3) The project is airport master planning as defined in [§ 152.3](/cfr/14/152.3.md);
  - (4) If the project has been determined to have areawide significance by an appropriate areawide agency, it has been incorporated into a unified planning work program; and
  - (5) In the case of a proposed project for airport master planning in a large or medium air traffic hub, in the opinion of the Administrator—
    - (i) There is an appropriate system plan identifying the need for the airport;
    - (ii) The absence of a system plan is due to the failure of the responsible planning agency to proceed with its preparation; or
    - (iii) **An existing system plan is not acceptable.**
- (b) **Airport system planning.** A proposed project for airport system planning is not approved unless—
  - (1) In the opinion of the Administrator, the project promotes the effective location of public airports;
  - (2) In the opinion of the Administrator, the project promotes the development of an adequate NASP;
  - (3) The project is airport system planning as defined in [§ 152.3](/cfr/14/152.3.md); and
  - (4) When the project encompasses a metropolitan area that includes a large or medium hub airport, the project is incorporated in a unified planning work program.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket 19430, 45 FR 34786, May 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 47106, 47127.

### Source

Source: Docket 19430, 45 FR 34784, May 22, 1980, unless otherwise noted.