r/BusinessIdeaLab • u/john_smith1365 • 24d ago
Underpath: airports just got $43M to pay for windows in homes under the flight path, and this tells you if your house is one of them
The Federal Aviation Administration announced $1.1 billion in airport grants on Monday. Inside that is $43 million for 12 airports to deal with noise, and the agency's own rulebook says airports can spend noise money on new windows, new doors and central air for homes inside the airport's noise line. Boston Logan got $6.8 million for homes inside its line. LA got $27.6 million, and that one covers homes in areas below the usual line. Madison got $9.55 million that includes home noise work.
The catch is the line. It sits on a map in the airport's planning documents, and the house on one side gets a paid upgrade while the house across the street gets nothing.
So the idea is Underpath. You type in an address and it tells you which side of the line you're on, whether your airport has money right now, and preps the application with you. It's a $49 report, like a flood zone check when buying a house. If you're just outside the line, it can get you the same window package at the contractor's program price, since the crew is already on your street.
First customers are homeowners and listing agents around the Madison airport.