BC Air Access Program

Overview of the BC Air Access Program program:

The BC Air Access Program provides cost-sharing opportunities for infrastructure, environmental and in select cases, airport master plans, and all of which must be at eligible, public-use facilities. Through this cost-sharing program, facility operators can invest in safety, social improvements (such as improved medevac) and climate/environmental projects that help strengthen local, regional and provincial economies. BCAAP encourages funding partnerships with Indigenous, local, regional and federal governments, as well as agencies and private-sector organizations.

Benefits of the BC Air Access Program program:

• The program caps the value of grants to any one applicant (regardless of the number of projects) to $2 million in any given year. However, applicants may submit for multiple projects as long as a separate application is prepared for each.

Eligibility criteria of the BC Air Access Program program:

• To be eligible for B.C. Air Access Program (BCAAP) consideration, the applicant must:
• Operate a public use airport, heliport or water aerodrome
• Serve fewer than one (1) million passengers annually
• Be the air facility operator (local government, non-profit operating society or contracted operator)
• A contracted operator can apply on behalf of a local government or non-profit society. However, the local government or non-profit society must sign off on the application and be available to receive grant funds should the application be successful.
• Be located in British Columbia
• An eligible entity may submit an application if they meet the following criteria:
• Do not have an active BCAAP project with a start date of more than one year ago
• Have a proposed project that can be completed within one fiscal year
• Can confirm that a project can begin once funding is announced