[BoulderCouncilHotline] Airport questions

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From: Schuchard, Ryan <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Subject: [BoulderCouncilHotline] Airport questions
To: HOTLINE <[email protected]>


A few questions ahead of Thursday’s airport discussion:

Q1. What is the estimated funding we are counting on from the FAA in Scenario 1 (continue the airport) through 2040, and what needs would it cover?

Q2. What is the estimated funding we would need to seek from sources other than the FAA in Scenario 2 (discontinue the airport at 2040) through 2040 — to replace what we would have otherwise sought from the FAA — and what needs would it cover?

Q3. Beyond the FAA, what alternative funding sources have been considered for a potential capex gap? CDOT, user fees, and direct investment from the electric aviation industry, for example?

Q4. My understanding is that existing FAA grant agreements (through 2040) and any future agreements restrict our ability to impose our own environmental regulations, such as phasing out leaded fuel or establishing our own noise requirements — and that outside those agreements (i.e., after 2040 if we sign no more FAA grants), we’d be free to enact our own rules. Is that right?

Ryan Schuchard (he/him)
Boulder City Councilmember


1777 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302
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