Officials explain FAA capital-improvement scoring and how it shapes project timing

Mar 25, 2026

Airport staff and consultants walked commissioners through the FAA capital-improvement plan and national priority ranking system, explaining that FAA assigns higher priority to safety projects and that scoring affects whether projects are funded or can be shifted between similar scopes.

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Airport staff (S5) and authority members explained the FAA Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) format and the National Priority Ranking (NPR) system to commissioners, stressing that safety projects (runway, lighting) score highest and influence which projects FAA will fund.

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