Airport and Airway System Development Act of 1981

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Airport and Airway System Development Act of 1981 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to review and revise the existing national airport system plan to provide for the development of public-use airports in the United States. Specifies that such plan shall include the type and estimated cost of eligible airport development considered by the Secretary to be necessary for civilian, military, and postal purposes. Directs the Department of Defense to make domestic military airports and airport facilities available for civil use to the extent feasible. Directs the Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Comptroller General, within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress: (1) a joint evaluation of the military airport system; and (2) a plan to make such system available for civil uses compatible with national defense requirements. Specifies that the costs incurred by the Secretary of Transportation for improvements to air navigation facilities shall be charged to funds appropriated by this Act. Sets forth the aggregate funding level for such grants for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants from the Airport and Airwa…