40-Mile Air, LTD.

40-Mile Air, LTD., an Alaska-based small business air charter company, operates as a prime contractor delivering fixed-wing and helicopter flight services to Department of the Interior bureaus under Total Small Business set-aside IDIQs and delivery orders placed against Interior Business Center contracts, with roughly 99 federal awards totaling $90.8 million in combined potential value across the past several years.

40-Mile Air is a for-profit partnership or limited liability partnership headquartered in Tok, Alaska (1313 Alaska Hwy, Tok, AK 99780). The vendor competes exclusively under Total Small Business set-asides on its core IDIQ vehicles and the majority of its task order footprint — 98 of its 99 awards fall under NAICS 481211 (nonscheduled chartered passenger air transportation), reflecting a narrowly specialized capability set in remote Alaska and Hawaii aviation support. The company was established in 2002 and holds FAA certifications for operations under 14 CFR Part 121 or 135 regulations.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on on-call fixed-wing and helicopter charter flights supporting federal land management, wildlife surveys, personnel and equipment transport, animal tracking, and scientific research across remote Alaska and subordinate operations in Hawaii. Representative work includes a $61,521 fixed-wing delivery order from the National Park Service Alaska Region (June 2026) for wildlife survey operations at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve under a Total Small Business set-aside; a $49,988.70 fixed-wing order from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (May 2025) for on-call flight services at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; and a $52,608.83 helicopter order from the National Park Service Alaska Region (March 2022) for on-call helicopter support across Alaska's national parks and preserves.

Customer concentration is high and regionally concentrated. The top five Interior bureaus and offices account for 83% of awards by count but a more telling split by potential value reveals heavy reliance on the Interior Business Center's $75.1 million in IDIQs (7 awards, largely representing two parent vehicles) offset against 42 smaller-dollar task orders from the National Park Service Alaska Region ($725 thousand combined). The National Park Service Alaska Region places the plurality of task orders (42 awards), but the Interior Business Center's role as the contracting office for the two primary IDIQs — the "Alaska Helicopter On-Call" IDIQ ($16.47 million ceiling, multiple-award Total Small Business set-aside, Feb 28, 2027 expiration) and the "Fixed Wing On-Call Flight Services" IDIQ ($18.6 million ceiling, multiple-award Total Small Business set-aside, March 31, 2031 expiration) — anchors the dollar footprint. Individual Interior bureaus (National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management) issue task orders off these vehicles. The Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service Western Region rounds out customer depth with three awards totaling $115 thousand for helicopter soil survey support.

40-Mile Air holds two primary parent contract vehicles: the "Alaska Helicopter On-Call" IDIQ (140D8122D0003, $16.47 million ceiling, 24 task orders, $414 thousand combined potential value, through February 28, 2027) and the "Contractor Provided Fixed Wing On-Call Flight Services in Alaska" IDIQ (140D8121D0004, $20 million ceiling per source description, 29 task orders, $455 thousand combined potential value). A third vehicle, the newly awarded "Fixed Wing On-Call Flight Services" IDIQ (140D8121D0005 derivative, $18.6 million ceiling, multiple-award Total Small Business set-aside, April 1, 2026 award, March 31, 2031 expiration), represents a recompete win and modernizes the fixed-wing on-call capacity. Older blanket purchase agreements and on-call contracts account for a smaller portion of the vehicle footprint (13 task orders under "DOI Fixed Wing Flight Services - AK/HI 2017-2018," 9 under BPA IND12PA00207).

Recent activity shows relative stability. Award volume peaked at 18 orders in 2023, declining to 12 in 2024, 9 in 2025, and 9 in 2026 year-to-date. The combined dollars obligated across all awards stand at $1.2 million (1% of the $90.8 million combined potential value), reflecting the on-call structure's characteristic lag between ceiling authority and invoiced spend. Seven awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $233 thousand — a modest recompete window relative to the two large IDIQs' forward ceilings. The "Fixed Wing On-Call Flight Services" IDIQ awarded April 1, 2026, runs through March 31, 2031, establishing runway for sustained Interior Business Center task order flow.

40-Mile Air operates 100% as a prime contractor — zero sub-award footprint appears in the source data. The vendor's teaming posture is minimal; work is performed directly by the company's owned aircraft and personnel. Place of performance is principally Tok, Eagle, Glennallen, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, Alaska, with subordinate operations in Hawaii where required by mission.