Aviation Funding

• Iowa collects 8 cents per gallon on aviation gas, and 3 cents per gallon on jet fuel. In FY 2007, 2.5 million gallons of aviation gas and 38 million gallons of jet fuel were used, generating $1.35 million.
• In FY 2007, Iowa collected $818,000 in registration fees for aircraft used in Iowa.
• In FY 2007, Iowa collected $3.3 million in use tax on aircraft bought for use in Iowa.
• $2.8 million was appropriated by the Iowa legislature for FY2007 for aviation programs, including vertical infrastructure and airport improvement programs at Iowa's publicly owned airports.
• Seventy-seven airports in Iowa are part of the National Plan of Integrated Airport System and are eligible for federal funding through the federal Airport Improvement Plan (AIP). The AIP is funded from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, which receives 100 percent of its funding from aviation-generated user fees, including passenger and facility fees, and fuel and cargo taxes. In FY2007, eligible Iowa airports received $39.4 million through the AIP for airport rehabilitation and development projects.