Allen County Regional Airport Authority

Allen County Regional Airport Authority, doing business as Allen County Region Airport Authority, is a county airport authority operating as a U.S. government entity and federal grant recipient under the Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), primarily through the FAA's Great Lakes Region office, receiving project grants and formula grants for nonprimary airport infrastructure and safety improvements in Lima, Ohio.

The authority is a child entity of the County of Allen, Ohio, and operates as a public airport authority rather than a contracting entity — it holds no federal contracts and does not function as a prime contractor or subcontractor. Its federal footprint consists entirely of grant awards, with 100% of recent awards originating from two customer agencies: the FAA Great Lakes Region (14 awards) and the FAA national office (10 awards). The combined obligated value across all awards since 2006 totals $12.1 million, with recent grant work concentrated on nonprimary airport pavement rehabilitation, drainage infrastructure assessment, and lighting reconstruction at Allen County Regional Airport in Lima, Ohio.

Recent grant work includes a $494,720 Project Grant awarded July 17, 2025, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) to reconstruct terminal apron lighting infrastructure (completion date July 16, 2029); a $265,048.42 Project Grant awarded July 28, 2026, under the Airport Infrastructure Grants program (CFDA 20.117) to reseal and resurface 2,900 square yards of east apron pavement and joints, 25,700 square yards of terminal apron pavement and joints, and 8,100 feet of T-hangar taxilane pavement (completion July 27, 2030); a $125,994.74 Project Grant awarded August 5, 2025, under the Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) for a comprehensive airport drainage study (completion August 4, 2029); and a $279,601.89 Formula Grant awarded June 9, 2022, under the Airport Improvement Program and related programs (CFDA 20.106) for runway approach path indicator replacement and airport wildlife hazard assessment (completion June 8, 2026). Earlier phases of taxiway rehabilitation design and construction were funded through grants awarded June 1, 2023, and September 12, 2024, respectively, with ultimate completion dates in 2027 and 2028. The authority also received American Rescue Plan Act economic relief funding awarded February 10, 2022, for COVID-19 operational and personnel costs (completion February 9, 2026).

Activity has been modest and episodic — two awards in 2022, one in 2023, one in 2024, and two in 2025 — with only one award carrying an ultimate completion date within the next twenty-four months. All work is performed in Lima, Ohio, with funds released upon reimbursement of eligible project expenses.