Federal Aviation Administration
Overview: The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) mission is to promote
aviation safety and mobility by: building, maintaining, and operating the Nation's
air traffic control system; overseeing commercial and general aviation safety
through regulation and inspection; and providing assistance to improve the capacity
and safety of our airports. The FY 2004 budget request for the FAA reflects the
Administration's strong commitment to increase the performance and capacity of
our aviation system. The total FAA FY 2004 request of $14 billion is approximately
3 percent higher than FAA's budget resources in FY 2003.
Federal Aviation
Administration Budget
(Dollars In Millions) |
|
2002 1/Actual |
2003 2/Request |
2004 2/Request |
| Operations |
6,877 |
7,077 |
7,591 |
| Emergency
Supplemental |
200 |
0 |
0 |
| Facilities
& Equipment |
2,912 |
2,981 |
2,916 |
| Emergency
Supplemental |
108 |
0 |
0 |
| Research,
Engineering, and Development |
195 |
124 |
100 |
| Emergency
Supplemental |
50 |
0 |
0 |
| Airport
Grants (Ob Lim) |
3,300 |
3,400 |
3,400 |
| Emergency
Supplemental |
175 |
0 |
0 |
| TOTAL |
13,818 |
13,582 |
14,007 |
1/ Includes
emergency supplementals, but not FY 2001 balances from the Emergency Response
Fund ($393 million for Operations, $87.5 million for F&E, and $50 million
for the Aviation Insurance Revolving Fund).
2/ Excludes estimated accrual payments for civil service retirement and
health benefits. |
FY 2004 Budget
Operations: The President's FY 2004 budget requests $7.6 billion for
FAA Operations, a 7.3 percent increase over FY 2003.
Most of the funds requested for FAA Operations in FY 2004 support the goal of
maintaining and increasing aviation safety, reflecting the President's commitment
in this area. Other significant amounts support mobility and homeland and national
security.
FAA Operations
(Dollars in Millions) |
|
Safety |
Mobility |
Homeland
& National
Security |
Other |
Total |
| FY 2003 Request |
6,690 |
241 |
93 |
53 |
7,077 |
| FY 2004 Request |
7,137 |
254 |
145 |
54 |
7,591 |
- Safety: The President's FY 2004 budget requests $7.1 billion to
keep American aviation safe.
This includes all funding for inspecting aircraft and ensuring the safety
of flight procedures. It
also includes funding for operating and maintaining the air traffic control
system (including most
of the salary and benefits cost for an estimated 18,287 air traffic control
workforce and 9,267
system maintenance technician staff ), funding for Commercial Space Transportation,
and a share
of agency overhead support costs. For FY 2004, the President proposes to enhance
safety with
$17 million in discretionary increases to hire an additional 302 air traffic
controllers in
anticipation of a surge in retirements, expand selected safety programs such
as Safer Skies, and
hire an additional 20 aviation safety staff to monitor safety performance
of airlines.
The President also requests funds to cover the operation and maintenance of
new air traffic
control equipment and to develop a replacement air traffic data and telecommunications
system.
In addition, the President's budget requests that the funds for the Hazardous
Materials program,
a safety program, be transferred back to the FAA instead of remaining in the
Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) budget, where it was transferred in the FY 2003
budget request.
- Mobility: The President's FY 2004 budget request provides $254 million to improve aviation
efficiency. In addition to mandatory pay and non-pay increases, this includes $5 million in
additional funds to improve the flow of air traffic through such efforts as airspace redesign.
- Homeland and National Security - The President's FY 2004 budget request provides $145 million
for homeland and national security. This includes funds to hire 26 controllers to work with
the Department of Defense to better manage and secure the national airspace.
- Other: The President's FY 2004 budget request provides $54 million to promote other goals,
most notably organizational excellence and reductions in aviation noise.
Facilities and Equipment: The 2004 budget requests $2.9 billion to continue
to improve and modernize the equipment central to the National Airspace System
(NAS). The request includes:
- Safety- $538 million for projects that support safety performance goals
to reduce aviation fatalities, such as improvements to weather sensing and
reporting systems, safety information databases and computer systems to assist
safety inspections, improvements to flight services for general aviation,
and runway incursion research and new technology.
- Homeland and National Security - $88 million for projects to support security
goals, including $42 million for security of NAS facilities and $12 million
for information security.
- Mobility - $2.3 billion for projects to support mobility goals to reduce
aircraft delays, such as replacement of older radars, new automation for terminal
control facilities, Free Flight and oceanic automation to improve flight route
flexibility, and significant infrastructure improvements to reduce outages
caused by older, less capable facilities and equipment.
- Human and Natural Environment - $32 million for projects to support environmental
performance goals, such as replacing fuel tanks at FAA facilities, removing
environmental hazards, and cleaning up hazardous materials at identified sites.
Research, Engineering, and Development: $100 million, which includes
$95 million for continued research on aviation safety issues. The remaining
research funding is for environmental issues and support of the FAA laboratories.
Grants-in-Aid for Airports: $3.4 billion for planning and development
of the Nation's airports, including grants for security, safety, capacity, and
noise-reduction projects. Funding includes $70 million for administrative expenses
and $17 million for airport-related technology research.
Federal Aviation Administration
Facilities and Equipment
(Dollars in Millions) |
|
Dollars in Millions |
| SAFETY |
| New &
Improved Weather System |
17.1 |
| Terminal Business
Unit |
137.6 |
| Safety Database
and Computer Systems |
30.5 |
| Safe Flight
21 |
30.3 |
| Advanced Technology |
13.6 |
| Communication
Systems |
111.5 |
| Lighting Systems |
14.2 |
| Flight Service
Station Automation Systems |
25.5 |
| Other (including
mission support) |
75.5 |
| Personnel
compensation, benefits, and travel |
82.8 |
| HOMELAND
AND NATIONAL SECURITY |
| Facility Risk
Management |
41.6 |
| NAS Recovery
Communications |
12.0 |
| Information
Security |
11.5 |
| Other (including
mission support) |
9.1 |
| Personnel
compensation, benefits, and travel |
13.5 |
| MOBILITY |
| Free Flight
Phase 1 |
37.4 |
| Free Flight
Phase 2 |
113.1 |
| Oceanic Automation |
69.0 |
| Navigation
and Landing Aids |
201.5 |
| En Route Automation |
347.7 |
| Terminal Business
Unit |
458.1 |
| Improve Communications
Systems |
166.2 |
| Advanced Technology |
13.2 |
| Other (including
mission support) |
504.1 |
| Personnel
compensation, benefits, and travel |
347.2 |
HUMAN AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
|
| Replace Fuel
Tanks |
5.6 |
| Hazardous
Materials Clean-Up |
19.0 |
| Other (including
mission support) |
2.7 |
| Personnel
compensation, benefits, and travel |
5.0 |
| TOTAL |
2,916.0 |
