40-Mile Air, LTD.

40-Mile Air, LTD., an Alaska-based for-profit air charter company, operates as a prime contractor delivering fixed-wing and helicopter on-call flight services to Department of the Interior agencies across remote Alaska and Hawaii, competing primarily under Total Small Business set-asides on Interior's multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts. The company, established in 2002 and based in Tok, Alaska, holds two active IDIQs with the Interior Business Center valued at $18.6 million and $16.47 million, respectively, both designated as multiple-award small business set-asides and running through 2027–2031.

40-Mile Air's portfolio centers entirely on specialized aviation support for federal land management, wildlife surveys, scientific research, and emergency response missions in remote terrain where conventional transportation is impractical. Representative work includes a $41,490 delivery order from the National Park Service Alaska Region (awarded June 16, 2026) for fixed-wing wildlife survey support at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve under a Total Small Business set-aside; a $49,988.70 fixed-wing delivery order from Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1 (May 28, 2025) for on-call flight services at Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge; and a $30,900 helicopter delivery order from National Park Service Alaska Region (September 15, 2024) for Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve wolves research support. All work is priced fixed-price with economic price adjustment, with individual task orders historically ranging from $3,000 to $60,000.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the National Park Service Alaska Region (41 awards, $675 thousand combined potential value) and the Interior Business Center (7 awards, $75.1 million combined potential value). The Interior Business Center figure reflects the two large IDV ceilings; Fish and Wildlife Service Region 7 and Region 1, and the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center round out the active customer base. The portfolio covers 12 distinct federal agencies, with all but a handful rooted in the Department of the Interior.

40-Mile Air places virtually all work against two primary parent vehicles — the Fixed Wing On-Call Flight Services in Alaska IDIQ (contract 140D8121D0004, 29 task orders, $455 thousand combined potential value) and the Alaska Helicopter On-Call IDIQ (contract 140D8122D0003, 23 task orders, $382 thousand combined potential value). The company sits on one new IDV awarded April 1, 2026, for an additional $18.6 million in fixed-wing capacity through March 2031. Task order volume has been uneven, declining from 18 awards in 2023 to 7 in 2026 year-to-date, with only 8 awards (combined potential value $195 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore exposed to recompete risk.

40-Mile Air operates as a 100% prime contractor with no recorded subcontract footprint; the company does not sub-bid to larger primes. Capability concentration is extreme — 96 of 97 awards fall under NAICS 481211 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation), and 91 awards align with PSC code Transportation/Travel/Relocation–Passenger Air Charter. The vendor's entire federal franchise depends on Interior's on-call helicopter and fixed-wing delivery models in Alaska and Hawaii, with minimal geographic or customer diversification and no known teaming or sub-relationships to larger contractors.