Aberdeen Flying Service

Aberdeen Flying Service Inc., headquartered in Aberdeen, South Dakota, provides fixed-wing aircraft rental services to the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides, with all 110 recent awards concentrated in DOI flight operations and aerial survey support.

Aberdeen Flying Service operates exclusively as a prime contractor — 100% of its recent award footprint is prime work with no subcontract activity. The vendor holds a $9,982,083 multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Interior Business Center running through December 31, 2027, which serves as the parent vehicle for the bulk of its task order volume. Under this BPA, Aberdeen Flying Service provides on-call fixed-wing aircraft rental across the continental United States to support Fish and Wildlife Service land and wildlife management operations, including easement inspections, aerial surveys, habitat evaluations, and emergency support missions, with place of performance in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. The Department of the Interior accounts for substantially all of Aberdeen Flying Service's award footprint. The top five Interior sub-agencies and offices (by the portfolio metrics provided) account for 54% of awards by count and 99% of combined potential value. Within that set, the Interior Business Center itself holds 13 awards valued at $10.3 million combined potential value, followed by the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region (9 awards, $6.8 million) and Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 (24 awards, $324 thousand). Fish and Wildlife Service Region 6 drives the highest task-order volume — 24 awards — but the Office of Policy Management and Budget anchors the largest dollar concentration at $9.4 million across 4 awards. Recent named work includes a $35,100 BPA call for a four-square-mile waterfowl survey in Aberdeen, South Dakota (April 2, 2026, ultimate completion June 30, 2026); a $33,200 aircraft rental agreement for easement flights through September 30, 2026 (October 1, 2025); and a $27,666.50 easement inspection flight contract for South Dakota complexes through September 30, 2025 (October 1, 2024).

The vendor's award footprint is categorized almost entirely under NAICS 481200 (Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation) — 107 of 110 awards — with PSC 26 (Transportation/Travel/Relocation) being the primary procurement category. Aberdeen Flying Service participates in five named Interior BPAs, with the primary vehicle (IND12PA00062) supporting 35 task orders valued at $507 thousand combined potential value, and a second vehicle (IND17PA00002) generating 20 task orders at $285 thousand. Activity has remained modest at two to four awards per year over the past five years, with only one award (valued at $33 thousand) reaching ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete exposure. The vendor's combined potential value across 110 awards totals $27.3 million, though only $1.9 million (7%) has been obligated to date, reflecting the on-call nature of BPA ordering.

Aberdeen Flying Service was originally established in 1946 by James L. Caven. Now, this second generation company is proudly managed by Mark A. Caven. Aberdeen Flying Service is a full service FBO, providing services ranging from refueling aircraft, catering, arranging rental cars, air taxi service with its part 135 charter operation, through maintenance under Aberdeen Flying Service's FAA certified FAA 145 repair station.