Regulations and Government
DOT Watchdog Calls for Better Airport Revenue Oversight
FAA Needs To Verify Use of Aviation Tax Revenues, OIG Maintains
Santa Monica Airport (Photo: Friends of Sunset Park in Santa Monica)
California is among the jurisdictions that have been found out of compliance with the FAA airport revenue limitations. © Friends of Sunset Park in Santa Monica

A Department of Transportation watchdog is recommending that the FAA improve its oversight of airport revenue use and ensure that several states that have not complied with aviation fuel tax revenue limitations take steps to meet the requirements. The DOT Office of Inspector General (OIG) said the agency has agreed to follow through on the recommendations.

In 2014, the FAA strengthened its policies of what is permitted and prohibited uses of revenues stemming from aviation fuel taxes. The OIG conducted an audit to ensure “effective stewardship of taxpayer dollars used to support the nation’s airports” and assessed whether the FAA’s oversight was sufficient to prevent or detect revenue diversion.

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