Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program - Round 8

Overview

The Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program provides grants to enhance the safety and accessibility of aerodromes in remote and very remote areas of Australia. It will provide year round all weather access, particularly where road access is unavailable or unreliable. This will: improve the safety of aircraft, operators and passengers using remote and very remote airstrips facilitate improved delivery of essential goods and services such as food supplies, health care, community mail and passenger air services support delivery of health care services by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and similar providers complement air services delivery to communities subsidised under the Australian Government’s Remote Aviation Access Program (RAAP) through the Remote Air Services Subsidy (RASS) Scheme meet operational requirements of the RFDS or operators providing similar aeromedical services The maximum grant amount is $500,000. The grant amount will be up to 50% of eligible project costs, unless: you are an Indigenous owned and/or operated aerodrome – then we’ll cover up to 100% of eligible project costs you are an Australian local government agency or body and the total project cost is equal to or less than $150,000 – then we will cover up to 100% of eligible project costs  you and a third party are contributing to project costs – then we’ll cover up to 33.3% of eligible project costs