Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) Information and Links

The California Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics (Division) generates the California Aviation System Plan Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) every odd year. The CIP 2010-2019 was published in November 2009. Our next CIP should be published in the summer of 2011. This fall (October 2010), airport managers should prepare to receive an announcement regarding the CIP submittal process using on line Airport Capital Improvement Plan (ACIP) form. The State uses the same form as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Although airport managers are not required to submit the ACIP forms until fall 2010, they can submit new projects or modify current projects listed in the Division AirportIQ System Manager (ASM) database via your website password at any time to keep them updated. Thank you. 

Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

Your next 2012-2021 ACIP should be added by the airport manager directly to the ASM database. This database can be found at www.CaltransASM.com. Please check the contact information for your airport to make sure they are updated. If any changes need to be made, please contact the Division staff.  We encourage you to coordinate with your local transportation planning agencies in determination of your projects.

The FAA and the Division are updating the CIP for California airports.  To receive State funding, projects must be included in the CIP.  In an effort to improve the ACIP/CIP process, the Division is working closely with the FAA. 

Airport sponsors are requested to follow the instructions provided below.  The instructions will assist airport sponsors in completing the ACIP form online.  The Division will provide each airport sponsor with a login user name and password to access the ASM database.  Please enter your project information and print a hard copy.  Send the original signed ACIP form to the Division at the address below.  If your airport has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport improvement program grant, please remember to send a signed copy to FAA.

State of California Department of Transportation
Division of Aeronautics, MS 40
1120 N Street, Sacramento (95814)

Mail: P.O. Box 942874
Sacramento, CA  94274

·                     Please submit projects for fiscal years 2012 - 2021 (10 years).  Describe each project as clearly as possible and enclose a short narrative.  If you have no projects for any particular year, please do not enter that year into the database.  Funding decisions and priorities will be based solely on the information submitted.  The California Public Utilities Code related to the State Aeronautics Act specifies the CIP must be a 10-year projection.  Subdivision (f) of Section 21702 of the Public Utilities Code states, “A 10-year capital improvement plan for each airport, based on each airport’s adopted master plan if the airport has a master plan, approved by the applicable transportation planning agency, and submitted to the Division for inclusion in the California Aviation System Plan.”

·                     Please submit Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) projects for fiscal years 2012 - 2021 (10 years).  An airport land use commission can receive State funding to prepare or update an ALUCP.  Cities, counties, and airport districts with general aviation, reliever, and commercial airports are eligible for State funding.

·                     In order to compile the information on ground access, off airport property needs, please enter the projects in the ACIP data sheet separately.  Ground access projects are different than access road projects.  Off property ground access projects cannot be funded through FAA or the State Aeronautics Account funds.  Access Road projects are AIP eligible and will go with the rest of the projects.

·                     The purpose of airport ground access projects is to optimize ground transportation to airports.  Airports are key assets to communities and regions, contributing to both the economy and the overall quality of life.  Thus, ground access to airports is perceived to be one of the most critical issues facing the aviation system.  This includes improved access as well as improved intermodal connections.

To access the AirportIQ System Manager, Airport Sponsor’s Guide: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/planning/aeronaut/documents/CA_Sponsor_Guide.pdf

QUICK START GUIDE FOR ADDING A PROJECT

1. Login to the ASM application (www.CaltransASM.com) using the previously provided username and password.
2. Select your airport from the dropdown list of airports at the top right of the screen.
3. Select Grant Requests from the menus found on the left side of the screen.
4. Click the add button at the top right of the list of projects (list may be empty).
5. Enter a name for the project.
6. Enter the CIP year for the project in the box at the top right.
7. Select the project type (type of funding to be requested from Caltrans) from the dropdown list.
8. Enter the project description/narrative into the box below the project type selection.
9. Enter the project cost in the total column (Primary & Commercial National Plan of Integrated Airport System (NPIAS) AIP project costs must be entered manually).
10. Click the Annual Data and Additional Info buttons and complete the necessary information for the FAA AWP ACIP Data Sheet.
11. Click the X at the top right of the popup window.
12. The project should now be listed in the list of projects with the requested amounts displayed.
13. Print the FAA AWP ACIP Data Sheet by choosing Options > Reports > ACIP Data Sheet
14. Your project has now been added.