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Payments for Essential Air Services (Assistance Listing 20.901)
The program provides subsidies to air carriers to serve eligible communities as designated by Congress .
Grant (non-repayable) Check the official page for current intake dates
- Funder
- Office of the Secretary (listed as Transportation, Department Of / Office Of The Secretary)
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- For continental United States: range from $996,968 to $10,874,142 annually; an average of $4,042,262 annually per community per year.
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to state, provincial, local or tribal governments. Federal assistance program (Direct Payment for Specified Use); individual funding notices set the dates.
- Sectors
- Municipal, state and local government
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- SAM.gov Assistance Listings (20.901)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
From official open data: listed in the official SAM.gov Assistance Listings on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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