Construct/expand hangar

The Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Central Region awarded Auburn Airport Authority $114,736.84 on February 26, 2026, under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) to fund construction of a new 7,500 square-foot sponsor-owned aircraft storage hangar at Auburn Airport in Auburn, Nebraska.

The hangar construction is the final phase of a multi-phase infrastructure project designed to generate revenue and enhance the airport's financial self-sustainability. This award funds a portion of the construction phase under expanded eligibility authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; an associated Airport Improvement Program grant and an additional Airport Infrastructure Grant fund the remaining eligible portion of the project.

The period of performance runs through July 14, 2029. Place of performance is Auburn, NE 68305.

Auburn Airport Authority, a local government entity and airport authority, serves as the prime grant recipient. The Authority has received 14 federal grants across its award history, all from the FAA, with combined obligated dollars totaling $5.5 million. The recent work concentrates on this single hangar construction project, which the FAA has funded across multiple grant programs and phases beginning with a design-phase formula grant in July 2024.

Activities and expected outcomes

This project constructs a new 7,500 square foot sponsor-owned hangar for aircraft storage to assist the airport to be as self-sustaining as possible by generating revenue. This project is allowable under the infrastructure investment and jobs act's expanded eligibility. This grant funds a portion of the final phase, which consists of construction. . This grant is associated with an airport improvement program grant and airport infrastructure grant that funds the remaining eligible portion of the project. Intended beneficiary: this grant will provide federal funding for airports associated with auburn, nebraska.