Airfield Western LLC

Airfield Western LLC, a for-profit limited liability company based in Montrose, Colorado, operates as a prime contractor specializing in aviation infrastructure construction and modernization for the Federal Aviation Administration, exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor has delivered 66 federal awards since 2007, all as prime contractor, with combined potential value of $71.4 million and combined obligated dollars of $46.7 million.

Airfield Western's capability portfolio centers on FAA airport infrastructure projects: instrument landing system (ILS) replacement, runway visual range (RVR) and fiber optic transmission system (FOTS) installations, medium-intensity approach lighting system (MALS) replacements with runway alignment indicator lights (RAIL), remote communications air/ground (RCAG) tower construction and demolition, precision approach path indicator (PAPI) relocations, and associated concrete foundations and facility modernization work. Recent representative work includes a $2.36 million firm fixed-price contract awarded May 8, 2025, to establish RVR and FOTS equipment, MALS, replace ILS, and relocate PAPI systems at Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade, Montana (completion June 1, 2026); a $1.24 million contract awarded April 16, 2026, to replace ILS infrastructure at Omaha Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska (completion December 14, 2026); a $1.15 million contract awarded July 8, 2026, for antenna tower replacement at the Helena Remote Transmitter/Receiver (RTR) site in Helena, Montana (completion December 31, 2027); and a $787,598 contract awarded June 25, 2026, for facility modernization and tower replacement at the Palacios Remote Communications Air/Ground facility in Palacios, Texas (completion December 31, 2027).

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic: the FAA accounts for all eight distinct customer agencies in the vendor's award footprint. The FAA Southwestern Region dominates with 28 awards and $30.8 million in combined potential value, followed by FAA Headquarters with 17 awards and $22.7 million. These two divisions account for 85% of combined potential value across 66 awards. The FAA Franchise Acquisition Services, Central Region, and Northwest Mountain Region round out the remaining 15% combined. Award distribution by NAICS leans heavily toward Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (36 awards), Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (12 awards), and Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction (11 awards). Primary service codes reflect the narrowness of the portfolio: 30 awards in Construction of Radar and Navigational Facilities, 8 in Repair or Alteration of Airport Runways and Taxiways, 4 in Maintenance of Other Airfield Structures.

Airfield Western places task orders under two FAA indefinite delivery contracts: DTFACN12D00007 (15 task orders, $6.2 million combined potential value) and DTFACN15D00009 (8 task orders, $3.2 million combined potential value). The vendor operates entirely under total small business set-asides with no sub-award footprint. Activity has been episodic — one award in 2021, three in 2022, two in 2024, two in 2025, and three in 2026 — and three awards with combined potential value of $3.2 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, exposing the vendor to recompete risk on a portion of current pipeline.