Airports

Purpose/Eligibility

PURPOSE

To assist eligible applicants in financing capital projects related to safety, asset protection and operating cost reduction.


ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

The owner of an eligible airport or its operator (if so designated by the owner and a long-term contractual relationship is in place).


ELIGIBLE AIRPORTS

Airports with year-round regularly scheduled passenger service which are not owned or operated by the Federal Government and which meet the requirements of the Canadian Aviation Regulations, Part III, Subpart 2, Airports (TP312 “Aerodrome Standards and Recommended Practices”) with respect to certification¹ . 

In the case of an airport designated as a "Remote Airport" under the terms and conditions of the National Airports Policy (issued July 13, 1994), the eligibility requirement to receive regularly scheduled passenger service does not apply.

An airport shall be deemed to be served by scheduled passenger service if in each year of the most recent three calendar-year period an airport handled annually a minimum of 1,000 regularly scheduled passengers as reflected in Statistics Canada official passenger statistics. In the absence of official Statistics Canada passenger statistics, the airport owner/operator will be required to complete a statutory declaration.

¹A registered aerodrome will be considered as being eligible provided that it is reasonably close to certification, and the proposed project will bring it up to certification. Eligibility will be assessed by Transport Canada on an individual basis.