Air Planning, LLC

Air Planning, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, operates as a prime contractor providing specialized air charter and air ambulance services to federal agencies on a full-and-open basis, with no SBA set-aside certifications. The vendor competes predominantly without set-aside protection, though individual task orders occasionally carry small-business designations when issued by federal facilities.

Air Planning's capability portfolio centers on medical air charters, inmate and prisoner transport flights, air ambulance services, and emergency fixed-wing air evacuation for federal correctional, law-enforcement, healthcare, and veteran-care missions. Recent representative work includes a $1 million delivery order from the Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection for charter flights supporting the Border Patrol Sector Border Community Cooperation program (September 2022, GSA MAS); a $297,684 delivery order from the Department of Veterans Affairs for emergent fixed-wing air ambulance services supporting the Eastern Kansas Healthcare System (May 2025, single-award IDC); and recurring medical transfer flights for the Federal Bureau of Prisons at facilities including Beaumont, Allenwood, and Oakdale, typically valued between $15,000 and $65,000 per flight. The vendor also holds a $5 million multiple-award Blanket Purchase Agreement with the FBI's Critical Incident Response Group (awarded December 2023, set aside for small business) for worldwide passenger air charters and related airlift services through November 2028.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Department of Justice and related federal facilities, with secondary exposure to the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response accounts for 28 awards valued at $570.8 million combined potential value—a material outlier driven by a single large vehicle or standing commitment. More representative of operational volume: the Department of Justice US Marshals Service Investigative Operations Division (52 awards, $3.8 million), the Federal Bureau of Prisons network (multiple facilities totaling roughly 80 awards across the source data), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (18 awards across two Veterans Integrated Service Networks). These three customer clusters account for 33% of all awards and roughly 2% of combined potential value, indicating a high-volume, low-dollar-per-task model characteristic of medical transport and prisoner movement operations.

Air Planning's vehicle position is anchored to the GSA Multiple Award Schedule, from which it has issued 119 task orders valued at $31.5 million combined potential value. The vendor also operates against a $1.6 million Blanket Purchase Agreement (DJBFAOBPA002, 117 task orders) and holds seats on the GSA Travel Services Solutions schedule (37 task orders, $1.5 million) and a Veterans Affairs single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract for Eastern Kansas healthcare air ambulance services ($1.49 million ceiling, awarded May 2023, running through May 2028). As of May 2025, the VA contract carries three delivery orders totaling $548,228 in obligated value, leaving roughly $941,500 remaining capacity.

Activity has been volatile over the past five years, with a peak of 35 awards in 2023, declining to 31 in 2024, 22 in 2025, and only 4 awards through mid-2026. The source covers 409 total awards back to July 2004, with combined potential value of $616.6 million but only $16 million (3%) obligated to date—a pattern consistent with many open-ended federal MAS and BPA vehicles where ceilings are set high but actual spending is episodic and mission-driven. No recompete-cliff information is present in the source.

Air Planning operates exclusively as a prime contractor; the source reports zero subcontract awards. The vendor's service model reflects direct provision of aviation resources rather than teaming or integration work. Work is performed from the contractor's place of business in Salem, New Hampshire, with flights and operations occurring at civilian and federal correctional facilities nationwide, and with administrative oversight based in Salem. The primary NAICS categories are Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation (192 awards) and Other Management Consulting Services (120 awards), reflecting both core air-charter operations and the administrative overhead coded to catch-all consulting categories.

Air Charter Service Provider. Arrange air charter for small, medium and large aircraft in passenger, cargo, combi and air ambulance configurations as applicable to the customer mission. 24/7/365 services.